kilobase

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English

Etymology

kilo- +‎ base

Pronunciation

Noun

kilobase (plural kilobases)

  1. a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand
  2. a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides

Synonyms

  • kb
  • kbp (Def 1 only)
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