hemiprotonated

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adjective

protonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2)

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Meanings

adjectivehemiprotonated (not comparable)
  1. not comparableprotonated at only half of the possible sites (typically, 1 of 2)

    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 ].

    2015 December 23, “Investigation of a Quadruplex-Forming Repeat Sequence Highly Enriched in Xanthomonas and Nostoc sp.”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From hemi- + protonated.

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