The strand of a double-stranded DNA molecule that is more buoyant than the other and floats at the top of a column when the DNA is denatured and put in an equilibrium centrifuge. Also called the H strand.


From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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