Link between DNA strands Crossword Clue
8 letters · New York Times · Friday, June 22, 2007 · 12-Down
Appeared in 1 New York Times Crossword: Friday, June 22, 2007.
Exact puzzle match · New York Times · June 22, 2007 · 12-Down · 8 letters
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one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
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