spacer oligonucleotide typing

noun

A DNA-based genotyping technique that identifies patterns of unique short DNA sequences (spacers) located between direct repeats in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome by using complementary oligonucleotide probes.

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spoligotyping
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Meanings

nounspacer oligonucleotide typing (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemolecular biologyA DNA-based genotyping technique that identifies patterns of unique short DNA sequences (spacers) located between direct repeats in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome by using complementary oligonucleotide probes.

    Synonyms: spoligotyping

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA DNA-based genotyping technique that identifies patterns of unique short DNA sequences (spacers) located between direct repeats in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome by using complementary oligonucleotide probes.

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spoligotyping

Origin

From spacer + oligonucleotide + typing.

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