tetrastrand
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A macromolecular structure composed of four strands (nucleotide chains).
Example Sentences
- "One in vitro study suggested that trivalent Cr may have some base specificity in its reactivity; however, this was probably due to the nature of the ribopolymers that were examined since the polymer with higher reactivity formed tetrastrands and was compared with a polymer that did not form tetrastrands (14). Therefore, the higher binding of Cr to guanine may be due to the tetrastrand nature of the ribopolymers that were studied since Cr(III) probably reacted on a molar basis with the phosphate (14)."