strandedness

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noun

The quality of having strands.

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Meanings

nounstrandedness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of having strands.

    Motifs are displayed above or below the line depending on strandedness.

    2015 April 23, Angad Garg, Bruce Futcher, Janet Leatherwood, “A new transcription factor for mitosis: in Schizosaccharomyces pombe, the RFX transcription factor Sak1 works with forkhead factors to regulate mitotic expression”, in Nucleic Acids Research, volume 43, →DOI

Origin

From stranded + -ness.

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APA

strandedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strandedness

MLA

“strandedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strandedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strandedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strandedness.

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