Watson-Crick model
Watson–Crick model
nounDefinition of WATSON-CRICK MODEL
: a model of DNA structure in which the molecule is a cross-linked double-stranded helix, each strand is composed of alternating links of phosphate and deoxyribose, and the strands are cross-linked by pairs of purine and pyrimidine bases projecting inward from the deoxyribose sugars and joined by hydrogen bonds with adenine paired with thymine and with cytosine paired with guanine — compare double helix
Origin of WATSON-CRICK MODEL
J. D. Watson & F. H. C. Crick
First Known Use: 1958
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