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base sequence

noun

base sequence

noun
1

The sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.

Molecular biology

  • 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.1992, N. V. Bhagavan, Medical Biochemistry, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 571:
  • This complementarity means that if you know the base sequence of one strand of DNA, you can deduce the base sequence of the other.2008, Marketa J. Zvelebil, Jeremy O. Baum, Understanding Bioinformatics, Garland Science, →ISBN, page 7:

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