wobble base pair

noun

A pairing between two nucleotides in RNA molecules that does not follow Watson-Crick base pair rules.

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Meanings

nounwobble base pair (plural wobble base pairs)

plural wobble base pairs

  1. molecular geneticsA pairing between two nucleotides in RNA molecules that does not follow Watson-Crick base pair rules.
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