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base sequence

base sequence noun: the sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.

Noun

base sequence (plural base sequences)

  1. (molecular biology) The sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.
    • Specifically, the sequence of amino acids in a particular protein molecule is determined by the base sequence of the segment of DNA that encodes that protein.1992, N. V. Bhagavan, Medical Biochemistry, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 571
    • This complementarity means that if you know the base sequence of one strand of DNA, you can deduce the base sequence of the other.2008, Marketa J. Zvelebil, Jeremy O. Baum, Understanding Bioinformatics, Garland Science, →ISBN, page 7

Forms of base sequence

pluralbase sequences

Questions about base sequence

What does base sequence mean?
Base sequence means the sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.
What part of speech is base sequence?
Base sequence is a noun.
What is the plural of base sequence?
The plural of base sequence is base sequences.

Words near base sequence in the dictionary

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