cDNA

cDNA

abbr.

complementary DNA

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cDNA

abbreviation for

(Genetics) complementary DNA; a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones

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cDNA

complementary DNA: a DNA molecule that is complementary to a specific messenger RNA.

[1985–90]

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Noun

1.

cDNA - single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase 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 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; "DNA is the king of molecules"

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