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cDNA

Monday 17 October 2005

Definition: cDNA is DNA molecule that is synthesized from a messenger RNA template that corresponds to expressed sequences of genomic DNA.

The term complementary DNA also may refer to DNA that is complementary to a particular DNA sequence. The single-stranded form is often used as a probe in physical mapping.