Z-RNA

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Etymology

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Z +‎ RNA. Blend of Z-DNA +‎ RNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration RNA, an RNA analogue of the previously discovered Z-DNA.

Noun

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Z-RNA (countable and uncountable, plural Z-RNAs)

  1. (uncountable) A configuration of RNA, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of double-stranded RNA.
  2. (countable) A RNA helix in such a configuration.
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