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Expressed Sequence Tag

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-010514

A small part of the active part of a gene, made from cDNA which can be used to fish the rest of the gene out of the chromosome by matching base pairs with part of the gene. The EST can be radioactively labeled in order to locate it in a larger segment of DNA.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-010514
FieldEnvironment
AbbreviationEST
ReferencesNOAA Coral Reef Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-010514",
  "term": "Expressed Sequence Tag",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A small part of the active part of a gene, made from cDNA which can be used to fish the rest of the gene out of the chromosome by matching base pairs with part of the gene. The EST can be radioactively labeled in order to locate it in a larger segment of DNA.",
  "abbreviation": "EST",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coral Reef Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/expressed-sequence-tag/"
}

Record 10,514 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.