Chargaff rule
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Char·gaff rule
(shahr'gahf'),in DNA, the number of adenine units equals the number of thymine units; likewise, the number of guanine units equals the number of cytosine units.
[Erwin Chargoff]
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Char·gaff rule
(shahr'gahf rūl)In DNA the number of adenine units equals the number of thymine units; likewise, the number of guanine units equals the number of cytosine units.
[Erwin Chargoff]
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Chargaff,
Erwin, Austrian-U.S. biochemist, 1905–.Chargaff rule - in double-stranded DNA the content of adenine residues equals the number of thymine and the number of cytosine equals the number of guanine.
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