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base pair

unit consisting of two nucleobases bound to each other by hydrogen bonds: either adenine–thymine or guanine–cytosine in natural DNA (additional types occur in RNA)
Intangible unit_of_amount Q145911
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base pair

Summary

base pair is an unit of amount[1]. It draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_amount category, ranking #3 of 11).[2]

Key Facts

  • base pair's instance of is recorded as unit of amount[3].
  • base pair's measured physical quantity is recorded as number of base pairs[4].
  • base pair's chemical structure is recorded as Base pair GC.svg[5].
  • base pair's chemical structure is recorded as Base pair AT.svg[6].
  • base pair's chemical structure is recorded as Wobble.svg[7].
  • base pair's Commons category is recorded as Base pairing[8].
  • base pair's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01cst[9].
  • base pair's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1589852[10].
  • base pair's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/base-pair[11].
  • base pair's Wikidata SPARQL query equivalent is recorded as wd:Q145911 p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?source; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. ?item p:P2370/psn:P2370 [wikibase:quantityAmount ?target; wikibase:quantityUnit ?base]. BIND(?source / ?target as ?value)[12].
  • base pair's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as basepar[13].
  • base pair's Elhuyar ZTH ID is recorded as 054256[14].
  • base pair's unit symbol is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'pb'}[15].
  • base pair's Language Council of Norways termwiki ID is recorded as 5276[16].
  • base pair's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 185581394[17].
  • base pair's Wolfram Language unit code is recorded as "BasePairs"[18].
  • base pair's Lex ID is recorded as basepar[19].
  • base pair's KBpedia ID is recorded as BasePairing[20].
  • base pair's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 14654947-n[21].
  • base pair's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C185581394[22].
  • base pair's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 190321[23].
  • base pair's NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms entry is recorded as base-pair[24].

Why It Matters

base pair draws 477 Wikipedia views per month (unit_of_amount category, ranking #3 of 11).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . KBpedia. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). base pair. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/base-pair
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_base-pair_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{base pair}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/base-pair}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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