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Chiefly Biochemistry. A coiled coil; spec. a structure sometimes assumed by DNA in which the double helix itself is coiled or looped. Cf. superhelix…
Cell Biology and Biochemistry. Each of the bead-like structures occurring along the length of a eukaryotic chromosome, consisting of a histone…