Watson-Crick model

Watson-Crick model
Watson-Crick model n a model of DNA structure in which the molecule is a cross-linked double-stranded helix, each strand is composed of alternating links of phosphate and deoxyribose, and the strands are cross-linked by pairs of purine and pyrimidine bases projecting inward from the deoxyribose sugars and joined by hydrogen bonds with adenine paired with thymine and with cytosine paired with guanine compare DOUBLE HELIX

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  • watson-crick model — noun Usage: usually capitalized W&C Etymology: after James D. Watson b1928 American biologist and Francis H.C. Crick b1916 English biologist : a model of DNA structure in which the molecule is a cross linked double stranded helix, each strand is… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Watson-Crick model — noun Etymology: J. D. Watson & F. H. C. Crick Date: 1958 a model of DNA structure in which the molecule is a cross linked double stranded helix, each strand is composed of alternating links of phosphate and deoxyribose, and the strands are cross… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Watson-Crick model — /wot seuhn krik /, Biochem. a widely accepted model for the three dimensional structure of DNA, featuring a double helix configuration for the molecule s two hydrogen bonded complementary polynucleotide strands. [1955 60; named after J. D. WATSON …   Universalium

  • Watson-Crick model —    Refers to the DNA molecule that forms a double helix ladder with the complementary strands held by hydrogen bonds between specific bases pairs …   Forensic science glossary

  • Watson-Crick — Wat·son Crick .wät sən krik adj of or relating to the Watson Crick model <the Watson Crick helix> Watson James Dewey (b 1928) American molecular biologist. Watson is famous for his major role in the discovery of the molecular structure of… …   Medical dictionary

  • Watson-Crick — adjective Date: 1964 of or relating to the Watson Crick model < the Watson Crick helix > < the Watson Crick structure > < Watson Crick base pairs > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • watson-crick — ¦wätsənˈkrik, also ¦wȯt adjective Usage: usually capitalized W&C : of or relating to the Watson Crick model Watson Crick helix …   Useful english dictionary

  • Watson-Crick's model — Watson Crick s model. См. модель двойной спирали ДНК. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • Watson-Crick-modellen — Model for opbygning og virkemåde af DNA molekylet, dvs. Genernes kemiske bestanddele. Hypostsen ,der nu er almindeligt accepterert, blev fremlagt i 1953 af J. D. Watson og F.H.C. Crick som modtag Nobelprisen i fysiologi og medicin i 1962 …   Danske encyklopædi

  • Crick — 1 A painful sudden spasmodic stiffness in the muscles of the neck or back. 2 Francis Crick who, with James Watson, devised the Watson Crick model of DNA as a double helix. * * * Francis H.C., British biochemist and Nobel laureate, *1916. See… …   Medical dictionary

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