kilobase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand.
A length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides.

/ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs/

kilobase kilobases

From kilo- + base.

kb kbp kilobase pair

megabase

multikilobase

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