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nick translation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
nick- -trans-la-tion
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A tagging technique in molecular biology in which DNA polymerase I is used to replace some of the nucleotides of a DNA sequence with their labelled analogues, creating a tagged sequence which can be used as a probe in hybridization or blotting techniques.

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What does nick translation mean?
A tagging technique in molecular biology in which DNA polymerase I is used to replace some of the nucleotides of a DNA sequence with their labelled analogues, creating a tagged sequence which can be used as a probe in hybridization or blotting techniques.

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