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Sequencing

Learning the order of nucleotides (base sequences) in a DNA or RNA molecule or the order of amino acids in a protein. In the case of DNA sequencing, the precise ordering of the bases (A,T,G,C) from which the DNA is composed is determined.

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The determination of the sequence of subunits in a macromolecule.

- dideoxy s. a method of s. DNA using 2′,3′-dideoxyribonucleoside triphosphates.

- Maxim-Gilbert s. a method of s. DNA using dimethyl sulfate and hydrazinolysis.

Medical dictionary. 2011.