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COMPLEMENTARY DNA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase
Synonyms:
cDNA; complementary DNA
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("complementary DNA" is a kind of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complementary DNA"):
provirus (cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell)
dscDNA (double-stranded cDNA)
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