antiparallel
English
Adjective
antiparallel (not comparable)
- (mathematics) of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction
- (biochemistry) describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA
- (biochemistry) describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but the vector describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
Translations
parallel of opposite direction
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Declension
Declension of antiparallel
Further reading
- antiparallel in Duden online
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