Definition of Heteroduplex

1. Noun. (biochemistry) A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule. ¹

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Definition of Heteroduplex

1. [n -PLEXES]

Medical Definition of Heteroduplex

1. DNA in which the two strands are different, either of different heritable origin, formed in vitro by annealing similar strands with some complementary sequences or formed of mRNA and the corresponding DNA strand. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Heteroduplex

heterodisaccharides
heterodisperse
heterodisulfide reductase
heterodont
heterodontid
heterodontids
heterodontosaurid
heterodontosaurids
heterodonts
heterodox
heterodoxal
heterodoxic
heterodoxies
heterodoxy
heterodromous
heteroduplex (current term)
heteroduplex DNA
heteroduplex mapping
heteroduplexes
heterodymus
heterodyne
heterodyne oscillator
heterodyne receiver
heterodyned
heterodynes
heterodyning
heteroecious
heteroecism
heteroecisms
heteroelement

Literary usage of Heteroduplex

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Small Business Innovation Research: Program Solicitation (1993)
"White, MB, et al., "Detecting Single Base Substitutions as heteroduplex Polymorphisms," Genomics. 12(2):301-306 (1992). (ISSN No. 0888- 7543.) 12. ..."

2. Biotechnology: Ti-Plasmids and Other Plant Vectors: Bibliography January by Lara Wiggert (1995)
"... recombinants was obtained from the rec2 mutant when it was transformed with heteroduplex DNA constructed from plasmids with the two different leul ..."

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