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Concept information

Preferred term

genome walking

Type

  • Topic

Definition

  • Information A polymerase chain reaction-based DNA sequencing technique for identifying unknown nucleotide sequences flanking already characterized DNA regions.

Synonyms

  • gene walking
  • genomic walking
  • primer walking

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/200653

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