base pair
base pair
nounDefinition of BASE PAIR
: one of the pairs of nucleotide bases on complementary strands of nucleic acid that consist of a purine on one strand joined to a pyrimidine on the other strand by hydrogen bonds holding together the two strands much like the rungs of a ladder and that include adenine linked to thymine in DNA or to uracil in RNA and guanine linked to cytosine in both DNA and RNA
First Known Use of BASE PAIR
1956
Learn More About BASE PAIR
Browse
Next Word in the Dictionary: base paper
Previous Word in the Dictionary: base–pair
All Words Near: base pair
Previous Word in the Dictionary: base–pair
All Words Near: base pair
Seen & Heard 
What made you want to look up base pair? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
