EGAVE

antiparallel

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Meaning

  1. adjective Parallel but in opposite directions. Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA. Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
  2. adjective Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
  3. adjective Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
  4. noun A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.

Similar words

parallel pseudoparallel antipodal orthogonal antonymous teleparallel discordant antimetric counterdirectional counterrotating

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to spins p orientation spin and alignment arrangement strands

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