| 单词 | sticky end |
| 释义 | > as lemmassticky end sticky end n. Genetics an end of a DNA double helix at which one strand extends a few nucleotides beyond the other. The end of the DNA strand is ‘sticky’ because it easily binds to a complementary strand. ΚΠ 1964 F. H. C. Crick in Proc. 6th Internat. Congr. Biochem. 112/2 The lysogenic virus λ appears to have ‘sticky ends’, and one can form a circle, or several can join together end to end into a large circle or longer straight line. 1968 New Scientist 18 July 142/1 This [enzyme] can be used for linking up small nucleotide sequences by what Professor Khorana calls the ‘sticky end’ technique. 1988 Financial Times 19 Jan. 32/8 Oligomers of 50-80 base pairs with sticky ends of 5-7 base pairs. 2012 L. Buckingham Molecular Diagnostics (ed. 2) i. 14/2 Sticky ends can be converted to blunt ends using DNA polymerase to extend the recessed strand in a sticky end. < as lemmas |
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