Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13] » Nucleic Acids » DNA » DNA, Single-Stranded » DNA, Complementary
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Nucleic Acids, Nucleotides, and Nucleosides [D13] » Nucleic Acids » Nucleic Acid Probes » DNA Probes » DNA, Complementary
Chemicals and Drugs [D] » Chemical Actions and Uses [D27] » Specialty Uses of Chemicals » Laboratory Chemicals » Molecular Probes » Nucleic Acid Probes » DNA Probes » DNA, Complementary
Description
Single-stranded complementary DNA synthesized from an RNA template by the action of RNA-dependent DNA polymerase. cDNA (i.e., complementary DNA, not circular DNA, not C-DNA) is used in a variety of molecular cloning experiments as well as serving as a specific hybridization probe. MeSH
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