cdna
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1. single-stranded DNA that is complementary to messenger RNA or DNA that has been synthesized from messenger RNA by reverse transcriptase (noun.substance)
| hypernym | : | deoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, dna, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | provirus, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.substance) |
| hyponym | : | dscdna, |
| definition | : | double-stranded cDNA (noun.substance) |
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