homopurine

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Etymology[edit]

homo- +‎ purine

Adjective[edit]

homopurine

  1. (genetics) Describing a pairing of a purine with the same one on a neighboring strand of nucleic acid
    • 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      In DNA homopyrimidine 2 homopurine triplexes [64 ], the homopyrimidine strands are antiparallel.

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