polymerase chain reaction

English

Noun

polymerase chain reaction (plural polymerase chain reactions)

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

Synonyms

PCR (initialism)

Translations

French: réaction en chaine par polymérase
Hungarian: polimeráz-láncreakció (hu)
Irish: imoibriú slabhrúil polaiméaráise m
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

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