Z-DNA

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Etymology

Z +‎ DNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration DNA.

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Z-DNA (countable and uncountable, plural Z-DNAs)

  1. (uncountable) A configuration of DNA in cells, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of DNA.
  2. (countable) A DNA helix in such a configuration.

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