Medical Dictionary

base pairing

noun base pair·ing \-ˈpa(ə)r-iŋ, -ˈpe(ə)r-\

Medical Definition of BASE PAIRING

:  the pairing of purine and pyrimidine bases cross-linked by hydrogen bonds in two complementary strands of DNA

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