base sequence

noun

Definitions

  1. 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.
    • This complementarity means that if you know the base sequence of one strand of DNA, you can deduce the base sequence of the other.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for base sequence. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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