antimotif

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antimotif

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From anti- + motif.

noun antimotifs

A pattern, in a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, that appears less often than chance would predict and is conjectured to have biological significance.
A pattern that acts as a reversal or counterpoint to a dominant motif.

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@misc{antimotif_2026,
  title = {antimotif},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/antimotif},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}