MICROSATELLITE

Meaning of MICROSATELLITE in English

A short sequence of DNA, usually 1 to 4 basepairs (a unit of DNA), that is repeated together in a row along the DNA molecule. There is variation from person to person in the number of repeats. There are hundreds of places in human DNA that contain microsatellites.

NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms. Английский словарь раковых терминов NCI(Национальный институт злокачественных новообразований). 2012

MICROSATELLITE — noun Date: 1989 any of numerous short segments of DNA that are distributed throughout the genome, that consist of repeated …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MICROSATELLITE — ˌmīkrōˌ noun Etymology: micr- + satellite (I) : any of numerous short segments of DNA that are distributed throughout the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MICROSATELLITE — noun Date: 1989 : any of numerous short segments of DNA that are distributed throughout the genome, that consist of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MICROSATELLITE — Pronunciation: ˌ m ī -kr ō - ' sa-t ə - ˌ l ī t Function: noun Date: 1989 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY — MSI. A change that occurs in the DNA of certain cells (such as tumor cells) in which the number of …
NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms

NCI English Dictionary of Cancer Terms

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