Defenition of the word double helix

• Defenition of the word double helix

  • The coiling of the two strands of the double-stranded DNA molecule, resembling a spiral staircase in which the base pairs form the steps and the sugar-phosphate backbones form the rails on each side.
  • a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis; "the structure of the DNA molecule is a double helix"
  • a pair of parallel helices intertwined about a common axis

Hypernyms for the word double helix

• • helix
  • spiral

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