base sequence

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base sequence (plural base sequences)

  1. (molecular biology) The sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.
    • 1992, N. V. Bhagavan, Medical Biochemistry, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 571:
      Specifically, the sequence of amino acids in a particular protein molecule is determined by the base sequence of the segment of DNA that encodes that protein.
    • 2008, Marketa J. Zvelebil, Jeremy O. Baum, Understanding Bioinformatics, Garland Science, →ISBN, page 7:
      This complementarity means that if you know the base sequence of one strand of DNA, you can deduce the base sequence of the other.

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