Supercoil
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Supercoil is a noun meaning (genetics) A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
Meaning
(genetics) A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.
More Meanings
- (genetics) To twist circular DNA into a supercoil.
Example Sentences
After deproteination, the migration of the assembled form II DNA will remain unchanged, appearing not to have been supercoiled by nucleosomes.
Word Forms
- supercoils
- supercoiling
- supercoiled
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include fold, quoil, headcoil, curlicue, chokecoil, quile.
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