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Definition of Laddering
1. ladder [v] - See also: ladder
Medical Definition of Laddering
1. Apoptotic cells show a regular pattern of oligonucleotide sizes on electrophoretic gels, the ladder like arrangement is a consequence of the cleavage of the DNA strand between nucleosome beads by endonucleases as part of the process by which cell death occurs. See: apoptosis. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)