base sequence

The sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.

Noun

  1. The sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.
    • Specifically, the sequence of amino acids in a particular protein molecule is determined by the base sequence of the segment of DNA that encodes that protein. - 1992, N. V. Bhagavan, Medical Biochemistry, Jones &...
    • This complementarity means that if you know the base sequence of one strand of DNA, you can deduce the base sequence of the other. - 2008, Marketa J. Zvelebil, Jeremy O. Baum, Understanding Bioinformatics, Garland...

Forms

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