DNA, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

DNA
n deoxyribonucleic acid; a nucleic acid that is the main constituent of the chromosomes of all organisms (except some viruses). The DNA molecule consists of two polynucleotide chains in the form of a double helix, containing phosphate and the sugar deoxyribose and linked by hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases adenine and thymine or cytosine and guanine. DNA is self-replicating, plays a central role in protein synthesis, and is responsible for the transmission of hereditary characteristics from parents to offspring
See also → genetic code

complementary DNA
n a form of DNA artificially synthesized from a messenger RNA template and used in genetic engineering to produce gene clones, (Abbrev.) cDNA

DNA fingerprinting , profiling
n another name for → genetic fingerprinting

recombinant DNA
n DNA molecules that are extracted from different sources and chemically joined together; for example DNA comprising an animal gene may be recombined with DNA from a bacterium