base pair

See also: basepair

English

Alternative forms

• basepair

Noun

base pair (plural base pairs)

1. (biology) In molecular biology, two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands that are connected via hydrogen bonds.

Derived terms

• kilobase pair
• wobble base pair

 

Translations

molecular biology: two nucleotides on opposite complementary DNA or RNA strands

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鹼基對／碱基对 (zh) (jiǎnjīduì)

• Esperanto: bazoparo
• Finnish: emäspari (fi)
• German: Basenpaar (de) n
• Icelandic: basapar n
• Japanese: 塩基対 (enkitsui)
• Korean: 염기쌍(鹽基雙) (yeomgissang)
• Polish: para zasad f
• Russian: спа́ренные основа́ния n pl (spárennyje osnovánija)
• Ukrainian: па́ра осно́в f (pára osnóv)