Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation complementary DNA
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- initialism complementary DNA
- initialism copy DNA
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Reverse-Transcription P - dCTP 33 radio-labelled cDNA probes Hybridization to microarray filters Use Phosphor Imager laser scanner to obtain densities of each spot on filter.
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Reverse-Transcription P - dCTP 33 radio-labelled cDNA probes Hybridization to microarray filters Use Phosphor Imager laser scanner to obtain densities of each spot on filter.
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Reverse-Transcription P - dCTP 33 radio-labelled cDNA probes Hybridization to microarray filters Use Phosphor Imager laser scanner to obtain densities of each spot on filter.
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Reverse-Transcription P - dCTP 33 radio-labelled cDNA probes Hybridization to microarray filters Use Phosphor Imager laser scanner to obtain densities of each spot on filter.
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Reverse-Transcription P - dCTP 33 radio-labelled cDNA probes Hybridization to microarray filters Use Phosphor Imager laser scanner to obtain densities of each spot on filter.
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Reverse-Transcription P - dCTP 33 radio-labelled cDNA probes Hybridization to microarray filters Use Phosphor Imager laser scanner to obtain densities of each spot on filter.
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At that time, however, it was commonly believed that expressing the cDNA in living organisms would not produce fluorescent GFP, because the formation of its chromophore requires the reactions of condensation and dehydrogenation that are not expected to occur spontaneously.
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The cDNA of aequorin was cloned and recombinant aequorin was made in 1985, but the patent owners of recombinant aequorin, the University of Georgia and Chisso Corporation of Japan, were not sure about expanding the use of aequorin, thus the general use of recombinant aequorin was delayed.
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In 1994, however, Dr. Martin Chalfie of Columbia University tried to express the cDNA in E. coli and a nematode worm, and he and his colleagues unexpectedly observed the fluorescence of the expressed GFP.
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In 1992, the cDNA of GFP was cloned by Dr. Douglas Prasher, who was then at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
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