complementary deoxyribonucleic acid


complementary deoxyribonucleic acid

[‚käm·plə¦men·trē ‚dē¦äk·sē¦rī·bō‚nü¦klē·ik ′as·əd] (cell and molecular biology) A deoxyribonucleic acid molecule that is synthesized by reverse transcriptase from a ribonucleic acid template. Abbreviated cDNA. Also known as copy DNA.