paired-end tag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the short sequences, at the 5′ and 3′ ends of a DNA fragment, that are sufficiently unique (theoretically) so as to exist together only once in a genome, therefore making the sequence of the DNA in between them available upon search.

Word forms

paired-end tag paired-end tags

Synonyms

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