Complete Definition of "antiparallel"

English
Adjective
antiparallel
#mathematics of vectors, parallel but of opposite direction
#biochemistry describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA
#biochemistry describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but the vector describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.

Translations
;parallel of opposite direction
Swedish: antiparallell

ar:antiparallel

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