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Sanger sequencing

Sanger sequencing noun: a method of DNA sequencing that involves electrophoresis and is based on the random incorporation of chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides by DNA polymerase during in vitro DNA replication.

Noun

Sanger sequencing (uncountable)

  1. A method of DNA sequencing that involves electrophoresis and is based on the random incorporation of chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides by DNA polymerase during in vitro DNA replication.

Origin of Sanger sequencing

Developed by Frederick Sanger and colleagues in 1977.

Questions about Sanger sequencing

What does Sanger sequencing mean?
Sanger sequencing means a method of DNA sequencing that involves electrophoresis and is based on the random incorporation of chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides by DNA polymerase during in vitro DNA replication.
What part of speech is Sanger sequencing?
Sanger sequencing is a noun.

Words near Sanger sequencing in the dictionary

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  8. Sangerfield
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