National Cancer Institute (source definition)
Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends
A procedure for amplification of nucleic acid sequences from a messenger RNA template between a defined internal site and unknown sequences at either the 3'- or 5'-end of the mRNA.
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What it is
A procedure for amplification of nucleic acid sequences from a messenger RNA template between a defined internal site and unknown sequences at either the 3'- or 5'-end of the mRNA.
Source: National Cancer Institute, NCI Thesaurus 26.09d, C180698. NCI definition, reproduced without modification under CC BY 4.0.
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