kilobase
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[edit] Etymology
formed through affixing the prefix kilo- (one thousand) to the noun base (colloquial for a nucleotide in DNA or RNA)
[edit] Noun
kilobase (plural kilobases)
- a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand
- a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides
[edit] Synonyms
- Kb
- Kbp (Def 1 only)
