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STRINGENCY [1 record]

Record 1 2020-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biotechnology
DEF

The condition with regard to temperature, ionic strength, and the presence of certain organic solvents ... under which nucleic acid hybridizations are carried out.

CONT

With conditions of high stringency, pairing will occur only between nucleic acid fragments that have a high frequency of complementary base sequences. Conditions of weaker stringency must be used if the nucleic acids come from organisms that are genetically diverse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

Le terme «stringence» est le terme consacré en biologie moléculaire pour qualifier le degré de rigueur des conditions d'hybridation qui régissent la spécificité de l'hybridation.

Spanish

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