Molecular Biology Research Technique
sequence analysis
se·quence a·nal·y·sis
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Genetic Techniques
Definitions related to sequence analysis:
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A multistage process that includes the determination of a sequence (protein, carbohydrate, etc.), its fragmentation and analysis, and the interpretation of the resulting sequence information.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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The determination of the sequence of component residues in a macromolecule, e.g. amino acids in a protein or nucleotide bases in DNA/RNA or the computational analysis performed to determine the similarities between nonidentical proteins or molecules of DNA or RNA.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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