Z-RNA
English
editEtymology
editFrom Z + RNA. Blend of Z-DNA + RNA. From zigzagging of the zigzag configuration RNA, an RNA analogue of the previously discovered Z-DNA.
Noun
editZ-RNA (countable and uncountable, plural Z-RNAs)
- (uncountable) A configuration of RNA, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of double-stranded RNA.
- (countable) A RNA helix in such a configuration.