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An amino acid is a chemical compound that consists of an amino group (NH2) and a carboxyl group (COOH) attached to the same carbon chain. A protein is a string of amino acids folded into a predestined [..]

After sequencing, assembly, and finishing, the process of characterizing expression patterns of representative FLcDNAs and assigning a specific structure and function to each gene.  

DNA consists of two strands. The antisense strand is the one that gets transcribed into “sense” mRNA which in turn is translated into proteins by the ribosome. The DNA “sense” strand - which is comp [..]

A clone is a copy of a gene or a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual. As a verb, cloning refers to the process of making an identical copy of a g [..]

An exon is the portion of mRNA that gets translated into protein. www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm?key=exon  

For clones unable to be successfully sequenced in one step, the process of completely sequencing a cDNA clone using a multi-step method such as primer walking and/or transposon tagging. [ ^ TOP ^ ]

A genome is the complete nucleotide sequence of an organism's DNA. Learn more at: www.ncbi.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics_genome.html  

An intron is the portion of mRNA that gets spliced out before the mRNA is translated into protein.  

Microarrays are plates or slides dotted with a grid of individual DNAs, cDNAs, or gene-specific, single-stranded sequence (oligonucleotide). When mRNA extracted from a tissue is tagged with a fluoresc [..]