cdna

IPA: sˈidnʌ

Root Word: cDNA

Initialism of complementary DNA. [(genetics) DNA produced from a single-stranded RNA template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.]
Initialism of copy DNA.
Alternative form of cDNA

Examples of "cdna" in Sentences

They contained the complete cDNA sequence.
No cDNA could be found to verify this segment.
The RNA was then used for the first strand cDNA synthesis.
This technique is often called the spotted array or cDNA array.
The same method was used for cDNA and oligonucleotide array data.
Termination of the mRNA product is encoded for within the cDNA of the gene.
The upstream primer was located in the coding region of the subunit A cDNA.
This product was then sequenced to confirm that it matched the reported cDNA.
In this technique the RNA in a tissue is isolated and converted to labeled cDNA.
EST and cDNA alignment data Prediction of gene models was made more rigorous by the increased availability of cDNA data.