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An amino acid is a chemical compound that consists of an amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH) attached to the same carbon chain. A protein is a string of amino acids folded into a predestined [..]

After sequencing, assembly, and finishing, the process of characterizing expression patterns of representative FLcDNAs and assigning a specific structure and function to each gene.  

DNA consists of two strands. The antisense strand is the one that gets transcribed into “sense” mRNA which in turn is translated into proteins by the ribosome. The DNA “sense” strand - which is comp [..]

One of the most common methods for whole genome sequencing employs inserting large segments of DNA from a species into bacteria on a plasmid that is so large it is called a chromosome. BACs typically [..]

A clone is a copy of a gene or a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual. As a verb, cloning refers to the process of making an identical copy of a g [..]

Complementary DNA is produced in the laboratory by extracting an organism's single-stranded messenger RNA and transcribing it back into a stable piece of DNA. The cDNA sequence does not include p [..]

Expressed Sequence Tags are pieces of the genetic sequence for genes that are turned "on," i.e., actively being transcribed into messenger RNA in the cell. Learn more at: www.ncbi.nih.gov/Ab [..]

An exon is the portion of mRNA that gets translated into protein. www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm?key=exon