Supercoil Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix super-

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

A coil of the DNA helix upon itself, such as a figure eight.

Verb

To twist circular DNA into a supercoil

See Also

supercoils topoisomerase gyrase helix coil supertwist dna supercoiling

Related Terms

supercoils topoisomerase gyrase helix coil supertwist dna supercoiling figure eight

Rhyming Words

oil voil roil toil soil noil coil foil boil moil reoil spoil deoil droil aboil broil anoil snoil unoil choil

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