Sanger sequencing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A method of DNA sequencing that involves electrophoresis and is based on the random incorporation of chain-terminating dideoxynucleotides by DNA polymerase during in vitro DNA replication.

Word forms

Sanger sequencing

Etymology

Developed by Frederick Sanger and colleagues in 1977.

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