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DNA Primers

"DNA Primers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Short sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) of DNA that are complementary to sequences of messenger RNA and allow reverse transcriptases to start copying the adjacent sequences of mRNA. Primers are used extensively in genetic and molecular biology techniques.


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Bar chart showing 7 publications over 7 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 1995 and 1999 and 2000 and 2004 and 2005 and 2009 and 2014
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