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consensus sequence

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noun

  1. biochem a DNA sequence common to different organisms and having a similar function in each

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Transcription by polymerase, recognition of a consensus sequence in the promoter, and termination by a hairpin loop are conserved.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The -10 consensus sequence, called the -10 region, is TATAAT.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

All detected false negatives were masked with Ns in the final consensus sequence.

From Nature • Feb. 2, 2016

A total of 9,101bp insertions and 60,685bp deletions were corrected in the consensus sequence.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2014

Conventional Sanger sequencing was used to determine the consensus sequence in one high-titer nasal- or throat-swab sample for each ferret.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 21, 2012

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