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A-DNA

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000114

The form of double-stranded DNA stable under dehydrated conditions, found in crystals and solutions with higher salt concentrations or alcohol in the solute. It has a more compact helix than B-DNA with a deep, narrow major groove, a wide, shallow minor groove, and a hollow center. DNA:RNA complexes and double-stranded RNAs also take this form.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000114
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoDNA; DNA conformation
TranslationsSpanish: ADN-A
Record as JSON
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  "term": "A-DNA",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The form of double-stranded DNA stable under dehydrated conditions, found in crystals and solutions with higher salt concentrations or alcohol in the solute. It has a more compact helix than B-DNA with a deep, narrow major groove, a wide, shallow minor groove, and a hollow center. DNA:RNA complexes and double-stranded RNAs also take this form.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "DNA",
    "DNA conformation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ADN-A"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/a-dna/"
}

Record 114 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.