helixes
DNA's signature shapes
Helixes is the plural of helix, a three-dimensional spiral shape like a corkscrew or the structure of DNA.
The word appears in scientific and technical contexts: The protein folds into multiple helixes.
Helices is the Latin plural and more common in formal scientific writing, but helixes follows standard English pluralization.
Hereditary code molecule
- coilsConnected loops of material
- twistsRotational bends or turns
- whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
- corkscrewsHelix-shaped wine tools
gyres · scrolls · volutes · tendrils · curlicues · swirls · curls · springs
Hereditary code molecule
- proteinsAmino acid polymers
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- moleculesBonded atomic groups
biochemistry · collagen · RNA · Watson-Crick · polypeptides · keratin · enzymes · replication
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- coilsConnected loops of material
- twistsRotational bends or turns
- whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
corkscrews · gyres · scrolls · volutes · tendrils · curlicues · swirls · curls · springs · slinkies
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- proteinsAmino acid polymers
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
molecules · biochemistry · collagen · RNA · Watson-Crick · polypeptides · keratin · enzymes · replication · strands
helixesstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
planes · cubes · spheres · rectangles · polygons
helixesstraight lines
Unbent one-dimensional figures
rays · vectors · line segments · axes · beams
- double helixTwo intertwined spirals
- double helixesPaired intertwined spiral structures
- DNA helixTwisted genetic structure
- triple helixThree-strand molecular spiral
- The Double HelixDNA discovery memoir
- helix piercingHole in ear's rim