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Adenine (A)
One member of the A-T (adenine-thymine) base pair in DNA. The other base pair in DNA is G-C (guanine-cytosine). Each base pair forms a 'rung of the DNA ladder.' A DNA nucleotide is made of a molecule of sugar, a molecule of phosphoric…
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- Cation In chemistry, a positively charged ion. Pronounced cat-I-on. A cation is as opposed to an anion, which is a…
- National board exams The National board exams in medicine refer to the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE). This…
- National Cholesterol Education Program NCEP. A program designed to reduce illness and death from coronary heart disease (CHD) in the US by reducing…
- Hetero- Chromosomal material that is darkly staining and tightly coiled throughout the cell cycle and that is, for…
- ORF Open reading frame
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- Monoclonal antibody An antibody produced by a single clone of cells (specifically, a single clone of hybridoma cells) and…
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