complementary strands

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• Complementary DNA — CDNA redirects here. For the football club, see CSKA Sofia. For the general property of complementarity in molecular biology, see Complementarity (molecular biology). For complementation tests used in genetics research, see Complementation… …   Wikipedia

• complementary — com·ple·men·ta·ry .käm plə ment ə rē, men trē adj 1) relating to or constituting one of a pair of contrasting colors that produce a neutral color when combined in suitable proportions 2) characterized by molecular complementarity esp… …   Medical dictionary

• complementary — adjective Date: 1829 1. relating to or constituting one of a pair of contrasting colors that produce a neutral color when combined in suitable proportions 2. serving to fill out or complete 3. mutually supplying each other s lack 4. being… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• complementary base pairs — The crucial property of DNA is that the two strands are complementary: Guanine and cytosine are complementary and pair up through their hydrogen bonds, as are adenine and thymine that only form two hydrogen bonds. (adenine and uracil in RNA) …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• complementary base — Genetics. either of the nucleotide bases linked by a hydrogen bond on opposite strands of DNA or double stranded RNA: guanine is the complementary base of cytosine, and adenine is the complementary base of thymine in DNA and of uracil in RNA. Cf …   Universalium

• complementary base — Genetics. either of the nucleotide bases linked by a hydrogen bond on opposite strands of DNA or double stranded RNA: guanine is the complementary base of cytosine, and adenine is the complementary base of thymine in DNA and of uracil in RNA. Cf …   Useful english dictionary

• complementary entity — 1. Synonym of base pair. 2. One of a pair of segments or strands of nucleic acid that will hybridize with one another …   Glossary of Biotechnology

• nucleic acid — /nooh klee ik, klay , nyooh /, Biochem. any of a group of long, linear macromolecules, either DNA or various types of RNA, that carry genetic information directing all cellular functions: composed of linked nucleotides. [1890 95; NUCLE(US) + IC;… …   Universalium

• Sense (molecular biology) — In molecular biology and genetics, sense is a concept used to compare the polarity of nucleic acid molecules, such as DNA or RNA, to other nucleic acid molecules. Depending on the context within molecular biology, sense may have slightly… …   Wikipedia

• Nucleic acid thermodynamics — is the study of the thermodynamics of nucleic acid molecules, or how temperature affects nucleic acid structure. For multiple copies of DNA molecules, the melting temperature (Tm) is defined as the temperature at which half of the DNA strands are …   Wikipedia

• Nucleic acid hybridization — Hybridization is the process, discovered by Alexander Rich, of combining complementary, single stranded nucleic acids into a single molecule. Nucleotides will bind to their complement under normal conditions, so two perfectly complementary… …   Wikipedia