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cDNA

  1. complementary DNA: a DNA molecule that is complementary to a specific messenger RNA.

cDNA

abbreviation for

  1. complementary DNA; a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

cDNA

  1. Abbreviation of complementary DNA
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Origin of cDNA1

First recorded in 1985–90
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Down road will be battles over whether cDNA is non-obvious.

“If you have human genes you almost necessarily have cDNA,” says Dowd.

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