complementary DNA
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English
Noun
complementary DNA (uncountable)
- (genetics) DNA produced from a single-stranded RNA template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
- Synonym: (initialism) cDNA
Further reading
- “complementary DNA”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “complementary DNA”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.