Medical Dictionary
1base pair
noun \-ˈpa(ə)r, -ˈpe(ə)r\
Medical Definition 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
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