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Preferred term

base pair

Definition

[Henderson's] single pair of complementary nucleotides from opposite strands of the DNA double helix. The number of base pairs is used as a measure of length of a double-stranded DNA.

Broader concept

organic matter

Entry terms

base paired
base pairing
based pairing
BP

Scope note

MS Academic Keywords

Creator

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2195-3997

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20772

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Created 8/3/16, last modified 6/18/18

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