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ANTIPARALLEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does antiparallel mean?
• ANTIPARALLEL (adjective)
The adjective ANTIPARALLEL has 1 sense:
1. (especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed
Familiarity information: ANTIPARALLEL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(especially of vectors) parallel but oppositely directed
Context example:
antiparallel vectors
Similar:
parallel (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting)
Context examples
PDGFA can exist as either antiparallel disulfide-linked homodimers or heterodimers with Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Beta.
(Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)
PDGFB can exist as either antiparallel disulfide-linked homodimers or heterodimers with Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Alpha.
(Platelet Derived Growth Factor Beta Chain, NCI Thesaurus)
The H1 helix packs orthogonally with the H2-H3 antiparallel pair.
(F-Box Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
The helices can be parallel or antiparallel.
(Coiled-Coil Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
DNA Minor Groove Binding involves temporary non-covalent interaction through intermolecular physical forces of attraction by a protein or low molecular weight ligand with double-stranded DNA in the smaller (minor) groove formed by the two antiparallel chains of the double helical structure, in either a sequence dependent or independent fashion.
(DNA Minor Groove Binding, NCI Thesaurus)
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