Polymerase Chain Reaction Definition

noun

A technique in which a DNA sequence is replicated at elevated temperatures by means of a polymerase, eventually producing millions of copies of the sequence: used in genetic analysis, DNA fingerprinting, in detecting minute quantities of cancer cells, etc.

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polymerase chain reaction
Plural:
polymerase chain reactions

Polymerase Chain Reaction Sentence Examples

  • The measurement relies on a chemical process called the ' polymerase chain reaction ' or PCR.

  • The p53 gene mutation was detected by fluorescence-based polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) methods.

  • Cloning, mutagenesis and expression The domains were amplified from cDNA using polymerase chain reaction (PCR ).

  • Thirteen patients with airway papillomas were selected for study with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods to detect viral DNA.

  • Expression levels for receptors and ligands were assessed by semiquantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction analysis.

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