2. To form base pairs between complementary regions of two strands of DNA that were not originally paired.
v.tr.
To cause to produce a hybrid; crossbreed.
hy′brid·i·za′tion(-brĭ-dĭ-zā′shən) n.
hy′brid·iz′er n.
hybridize
(ˈhaɪbrɪˌdaɪz) or
hybridise
vb
(Biology) to produce or cause to produce hybrids; crossbreed
ˈhybridˌizable, ˈhybridˌisableadj
ˌhybridiˈzation, ˌhybridiˈsationn
ˈhybridˌizer, ˈhybridˌisern
hy•brid•ize
(ˈhaɪ brɪˌdaɪz)
v. -ized, -iz•ing.v.t.
1. to cause to produce hybrids; cross.
2. to breed or cause the production of (a hybrid).
v.i.
3. to produce hybrids.
4. to cause the production of hybrids by crossing.
5. to form a double-stranded nucleic acid of two single strands of DNA or RNA, or one of each, by allowing the base pairs of the separate strands to form complementary bonds.
6. to fuse two cells of different genotypes into a hybrid cell.
hybridize - breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties; "cross a horse and a donkey"; "Mendel tried crossbreeding"; "these species do not interbreed"
The role of Carolina offers every possible pyrotechnical challenge in a score that hybridizes Mozart, who had just died, and Rossini, who had just been born.
New York, NY) has patented an isolated nucleic acid encoding KIAA0918, an isolated nucleic acid that hybridizes under high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid that is complementary to a nucleic acid encoding KIAA0918, a purified KIAA0918 protein, a purified protein encoded by a nucleic acid that hybridizes under high stringency conditions to a nucleic acid that is complementary to a nucleic acid encoding KIAA0918, a method of making KIAA0918 protein, an antibody specific for KIAA0918, a method for producing an antibody specific for KIAA0918 protein, a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding KIAA0918, and a host cell transformed with a vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding KIAA0918.
