Amplification, DNA: The production of multiple copies of a sequence of DNA. Repeated copying of a piece of DNA. DNA amplification plays a role in cancer...
1 Answers 3 viewsAntisense DNA: DNA normally has two strands, i.e., the sense strand and the antisense strand. In double-stranded DNA, only one strand codes for the RNA that is translated into protein....
1 Answers 3 viewsAssembly, DNA: The process of putting fragments of DNA that have been sequenced into their correct chromosomal positions. The pieces of DNA are assembled to reconstitute the sequence of the...
1 Answers 1 viewsAT (in DNA): AT stands for adenine and thymine, a base pair in DNA. The other base pair in DNA is GC (guanine and cytosine).
1 Answers 1 viewsBase in DNA: A unit of the DNA. There are 4 bases: adenine (A),guanine (G), thymine (T), and cytosine (C). The sequence of bases (for example, CAG) isthe genetic code....
1 Answers 5 viewsCloning, DNA: The use of DNA manipulation procedures to produce multiple copies of a single gene or segment of DNA.
1 Answers 2 viewsCoding DNA: A sequence of DNA that codes for protein. Coding DNA sequences are separated by long regions of DNA called introns that have no apparent function. Coding DNA is...
1 Answers 2 viewsComplementary DNA: Single-stranded DNA made in the laboratory from a messenger RNA template under the aegis of the enzyme reverse transcriptase. This form of DNA is often used as a...
1 Answers 3 viewsDid not attend (DNA): In the UK, DNA is an abbreviation for did not attend. (In the US, the term used for a patient who missed an appointment is no-show.)
1 Answers 1 viewsDirected DNA sequencing: Successively sequencing DNA from adjacent stretches of a chromosome.
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