Explore: Complementary Dna

genetics, complementary DNA (cDNA) is DNA that was reverse transcribed (via reverse transcriptase) from an RNA (e.g., messenger RNA or microRNA). cDNA exists

deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) or ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules anneal to complementary DNA or RNA. Though a double-stranded DNA sequence is generally

cascade of proteins in the blood that form part of innate immunity Complementary DNA, DNA reverse transcribed from a mature mRNA template Complementarity

mRNA transcript. Because of the complementary nature of base-pairing between nucleic acid polymers, a double-stranded DNA molecule will be composed of two

genome, and the newly synthesised DNA strands hybridizes to the complementary R region on the RNA. The complementary DNA (cDNA) added in (2) is further extended

nucleotide sequences. During transcription, a DNA sequence is read by an RNA polymerase, which produces a complementary RNA strand called a primary transcript

double helix formation. DNA strands are oriented in opposite directions, they are said to be antiparallel. A complementary strand of DNA or RNA may be constructed

A cDNA library is a combination of cloned cDNA (complementary DNA) fragments inserted into a collection of host cells, which constitute some portion of

should be converted to complementary DNA (cDNA) using reverse transcriptase—a DNA polymerase that synthesizes a complementary DNA based on existing strands

common. Some dsDNA viruses use a strand displacement method whereby one strand is synthesized from a template strand, and a complementary strand is then