n :  a section of DNA in which the double helix when viewed from the ends spirals away from the viewer in a counterclockwise direction and which may exert some control over the activity of adjacent genes - compare B-DNA  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Cy·do·nia  cy·ton  se·ton   stain 
 
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