polymerase chain reaction
noun[CorU]
biology,chemistry,medicalspecializeduk/pɒˌlɪ.mər.eɪs ˌtʃeɪn riˈæk.ʃən/us/pəˌlɪ.mər.eɪs ˌtʃeɪn riˈæk.ʃən/(abbreviationPCR)aprocessin which aparticularpieceofDNAiscopiedmanytimesin alaboratory(= aplacewherescientifictestsare done)so that theDNAcan beexaminedindetail:
Toobtainenough of thegenetoworkwith, the researchers makemultiplecopiesof it using atechniquecalled polymerasechainreaction.
Polymerasechainreactionswereperformedinbatchesof 10samples.
- Infection isbestdiagnosedwith polymerasechainreactionusingurineorserum.
- Definedmalariaparasitegenesequencescan beidentifiedthrough polymerasechainreactiontechnology.
- The polymerasechainreactionhas been used toidentifyverysmallremnantsofbacteriabyidentifyingtheirnuclearcontents.
- Themachinecan be set todetecttheDNAofalmostanybiologicalsubstancewithin 30minutesbyperformingpolymerasechainreactions.
Scientific techniques
- anatomize
- anti-vivisection
- biohacker
- biohacking
- blind
- blind test
- carbon capture
- clone
- collar
- dissect
- double-blind
- gene amplification
- model
- non-technical
- PCR
- recentrifuge
- resample
- thermal imaging
- transgenic
- visualize