homopurine

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adjective

Describing a pairing of a purine with the same one on a neighboring strand of nucleic acid

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Meanings

adjective
  1. biologyDescribing a pairing of a purine with the same one on a neighboring strand of nucleic acid

    In DNA homopyrimidine 2 homopurine triplexes [64 ], the homopyrimidine strands are antiparallel.

    2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From homo- + purine.

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APA

homopurine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homopurine

MLA

“homopurine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homopurine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homopurine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homopurine.

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