Base Pairing MeSH Descriptor Data 2025

MeSH Heading: Base Pairing
Tree Number(s): G02.111.570.820.486.100; G02.111.611.500; G05.360.580.100
Unique ID: D020029
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020029
Annotation: coord with DNA or RNA or specific
Scope Note: Pairing of purine and pyrimidine bases by HYDROGEN BONDING in double-stranded DNA or RNA.
Entry Term(s): Base Pair; Base Pairs
Previous Indexing: Base Composition (1980-1998); Nucleic Acid Conformation (1972-1998)
See Also: Base Composition; Base Pair Mismatch
Public MeSH Note: 1999; see BASE COMPOSITION 1980-1998
History Note: 1999; use BASE COMPOSITION 1980-1998
Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/05/22

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Chemical Phenomena [G02]
- Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
  - Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
    - Molecular Conformation [G02.111.570.820]
      - Nucleic Acid Conformation [G02.111.570.820.486]
        
        Base Pairing [G02.111.570.820.486.100]
        
        DNA, A-Form [G02.111.570.820.486.128]
        
        DNA, B-Form [G02.111.570.820.486.142]
        
        DNA, C-Form [G02.111.570.820.486.156]
        
        DNA, Circular [G02.111.570.820.486.212]
        
        DNA, Concatenated [G02.111.570.820.486.268]
        
        DNA, Cruciform [G02.111.570.820.486.325]
        
        DNA, Single-Stranded [G02.111.570.820.486.437]
        
        DNA, Z-Form [G02.111.570.820.486.493]
        
        G-Quadruplexes [G02.111.570.820.486.550]
        
        Nucleotide Motifs [G02.111.570.820.486.662]
        
        R-Loop Structures [G02.111.570.820.486.690]
        
        RNA Folding [G02.111.570.820.486.718]
        
        RNA, Double-Stranded [G02.111.570.820.486.775]
        
        RNA, Z-Form [G02.111.570.820.486.776]

Chemical Phenomena [G02]
- Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
  - Nucleic Acid Hybridization [G02.111.611]
    - Base Pairing [G02.111.611.500]

Genetic Phenomena [G05]
- Genetic Structures [G05.360]
  - Nucleic Acid Conformation [G05.360.580]

Base Pairing Preferred

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