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polymerase_chain_reaction

polymerase chain reaction

English

Noun

polymerase chain reaction ‎(plural polymerase chain reactions)

(biochemistry) a technique in molecular biology for creating multiple copies of DNA from a sample; used in genetic fingerprinting etc

Abbreviations

PCR

Translations

French: réaction en chaine par polymérase
Italian: reazione a catena della polimerasi
Portuguese: reacção em cadeia da polimerase

Romanian: reacție de polimerizare în lanț f
Spanish: reacción en cadena de la polimerasa