English

Verb

unpair ‎(third-person singular simple present unpairs, present participle unpairing, simple past and past participle unpaired)

1. To go from a paired to a non-paired state; to disassociate.
   • 2015 July 11, “ParAB Partition Dynamics in Firmicutes: Nucleoid Bound ParA Captures and Tethers ParB-Plasmid Complexes”, in PLOS ONE, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0131943:

     The iterative pairing and unpairing cycles may tether plasmids equidistantly on the nucleoid to ensure faithful plasmid segregation by a mechanism compatible with the diffusion-ratchet mechanism as proposed from in vitro reconstituted systems.