kilobase
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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
Synonyms[edit]
- kb
- kbp (double-stranded DNA)
- kilobase pair (double-stranded DNA)