X-junction

English

Noun

browser diversity-junction (plural iOS)

1. A non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.
   • 1998, Jac A Nickoloff, Merl F Hoekstra, DNA Damage and Repair: Volume I: DNA Repair in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes []

     Page 197 - "Linear molecules containing the same sequences are not bound, and one X-junction successfully competes with another for binding whereas linear duplexes do not compete."