complementary DNA

English

Noun

complementary DNA (uncountable)

(genetics) DNA produced from a single-stranded RNA template in a reaction catalyzed by the enzyme reverse transcriptase.
Synonym: (initialism) cDNA

Further reading

“complementary DNA”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
“complementary DNA”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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