sequencing

English

Verb

sequencing

1. present participle and gerund of sequence

Noun

sequencing (countable and uncountable, plural sequencings)

1. Arrangement in a sequence.
2. (molecular biology) The procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein (protein sequencing) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene (gene sequencing).

Derived terms

• DNA sequencing
• genetic sequencing
• shotgun sequencing

 

Translations

arrangement in a sequence

• Finnish: sekvensointi, jaksottaminen (fi)

molecular biology: sequencing of nucleotides to determine the genome of an organism

• Finnish: sekvensointi