cDNA


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

Origin of cDNA

1
First recorded in 1985–90

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British Dictionary definitions for cDNA

cDNA

abbreviation for
  1. 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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Scientific definitions for cDNA

cDNA

  1. Abbreviation of complementary DNA

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