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Home Dictionary Name: pairbase pair
a unit of double stranded DNA or RNA consisting of two complementary bases on opposing strands of the double stranded polynucleotide bound together by hydrogen bonds and other non covalent chemical forces The bases comprising the base pairs are adenine thymine cytidine and guanine In normal DNA the base adenine on one strand of DNA pairs with thymine on the opposite strand and cytosine on one strand pairs with guanine on the opposite strand The term base pair usually includes the sugar ribose or deoxyribose and the phosphate bound to each base to form a nucleotide unit One base pair is sometimes used as a unit of length or size for DNA and in this usage is abbreviated bp as a 100 bp fragment of DNA A length of 1000 base pairs is a kilobase pair or kbp...
Pairs
Pairs, in the House of commons, a member who wishes to absent himself from the House may arrange with a member of the opposite party, who also wishes to be absent, that neither shall attend the House, or at least vote in a division, for an agreed time. These members are then said to be 'paired' each being the other's pair', Parliamentary Dictionary, L.A. Abraham and S.C. Hawtrey, 1956, p. 134...
pair-or-set clause
pair-or-set clause : a provision in an insurance policy giving the insurer the option in the case of loss of fewer than all items in a set to restore the set to its value before the loss or pay the difference between the value before and after the loss ...
Pair
To be joined in pairs to couple to mate as for breeding...
paired
Organized into compatible pairs used of gloves socks etc See pair1 v t...
Pairing
The act or process of uniting or arranging in pairs or couples...
Key pair
Key pair, In an asymmetric crypts system, means a private key and its mathematically related public key, which are so related that the public key can verify a digital signature created by the private key. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2(1) (x)]...
Pair
Pair, neutralise their votes in any division that may take place during their absence, Office of the Speaker in the Parliaments of Commonwealth Wilding and Philip Laundy, p. 515....
Pairing-off
Pairing-off, a practice which is said to have originated in the time of Cromwell, whereby two members of the House of Commons, or other deliberative assembly, of opposite opinions, agree to absent themselves from voting on a particular division or during a given period....
Coleoptera
An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings elytra hard and horny and serving as coverings for the posterior pair which are membranous and folded transversely under the others when not in use The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws mandibles and maxillaelig adapted for chewing Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils...
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