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COMPLEMENTARY DNA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase

Synonyms:

cDNA; complementary DNA

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("complementary DNA" is a kind of...):

deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "complementary DNA"):

provirus (cDNA copy of the RNA genome of a retrovirus; the genetic material of a virus as incorporated into and able to replicate with the genome of a host cell)

dscDNA (double-stranded cDNA)

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