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Motif vs Tetraloop - What's the difference?

motif | tetraloop |

As nouns the difference between motif and tetraloop

is that motif is a recurring or dominant element; a theme while tetraloop is (genetics) a four-base hairpin loop motif in rna secondary structure that caps many double helices.

motif

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A recurring or dominant element; a theme.
  • See how the artist repeats the scroll motif throughout the work?
  • (music) A short melodic passage that is repeated in several parts of a work
  • A decorative figure that is repeated in a design
  • (crystallography) The physical object or objects repeated at each point of a lattice. Usually atoms or molecules.
  • A basic element of a move in terms of why the piece moves and how it supports the fulfilment of a stipulation.
  • (biochemistry) In a nucleotide or amino-acid sequence, pattern that is widespread and has, or is conjectured to have, a biological significance.
  • tetraloop

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tetraloop) (en noun)
  • (genetics) A four-base hairpin loop motif in RNA secondary structure that caps many double helices