Medical Definition of Microsatellite
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Short sequences of di- or trinucleotide repeats of very variable length distributed widely throughout the genome. Using PCR primers to the unique sequences upstream and downstream of a microsatellite their location and polymorphism can be determined and the technique is extensively used in investigating genetic associations with disease.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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