hemiprotonated

English

Etymology

hemi- +‎ protonated

Adjective

hemiprotonated (not comparable)

1. protonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2)
   • 2015 December 23, “Investigation of a Quadruplex-Forming Repeat Sequence Highly Enriched in Xanthomonas and Nostoc sp.”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The so-called i-motif structure is formed from C-rich oligonucleotides at mild acidic conditions, which enables the formation of hemiprotonated cytosine-cytosine + base pairs (Fig 4A ) [64 ].