SUPERHELIX


Meaning of SUPERHELIX in English

— superhelical /sooh'peuhr hel"i keuhl, -hee"li-/ , adj. — superhelicity /sooh'peuhr heuh lis"i tee/ , n.

/sooh"peuhr hee'liks/ , n. , pl. superhelices /-hel'euh seez'/ , superhelixes . Biochem.

a coil formed by intertwined helical DNA or by protein chains. Also called supercoil .

[ SUPER- + HELIX ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .