Science / Genetics / Expressed Sequence Tag (EST): A short strand of dna that is a part of a cdna molecule and can act as identifier of a gene. Used in locating and mapping genes.
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Science / Genetics / Sanger Sequence: Plus and minus or 'primed synthesis' method: dna is synthesized so it is radioactively labeled and the reaction terminates specifically at the position corresponding to a given base. MORE
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Science / Genetics / Repeat Sequences: The length of a nucleotide sequence that is repeated in a tandem cluster. MORE
Science / Genetics / Regulatory Region Or Sequence: A dna base sequence that controls gene expression. MORE
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