Medical Definition of Complementary base pairing
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The pairing of complementary nucleotide bases (adenine and thymine, guanine and cytosine) to each other via hydrogen bonds from opposite strands of a double stranded nucleic acid (such as DNA or RNA), thereby holding the double-stranded nucleic acid together.
(09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Complementary Base Pairing
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