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CONSENSUS SEQUENCE

Specialty Definition: CONSENSUS SEQUENCE

DomainDefinition

Health

A theoretical representative nucleotide or amino acid sequence in which each nucleotide or amino acid is the one which occurs most frequently at that site in the different sequences which occur in nature. The phrase also refers to an actual sequence which approximates the theoretical consensus. A known conserved sequence set is represented by a consensus sequence. Commonly observed supersecondary protein structures (amino acid motifs) are often formed by conserved sequences. (references)

Medicine

A particular nucleotide sequence in which each position represents the base more often found when many actual sequences of a given class of genetic elements are compared. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CONSENSUS SEQUENCE

Specialty definitions using "CONSENSUS SEQUENCE": Amino Acid MotifsConserved Sequenceporcine endogenous retrovirus B1. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CONSENSUS SEQUENCE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

consensus sequence

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CONSENSUS SEQUENCE

Language Translations for "CONSENSUS SEQUENCE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

grundsekvens. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

fundamentele sequentie. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

konsensussekvenssi. (various references)

   

French

  

séquence fondamentale, séquence consensus. (various references)

   

German

  

consensus Sequenz (canonical sequence), kanonische Sequenz (canonical sequence), Grundsequenz. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βασική αλληλουχία. (various references)

   

Italian

  

sequenza di consenso (canonical sequence), sequenza canonica di consenso, sequenza canonica (canonical sequence). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

onsensuscay equencesay

   

Spanish

  

secuencia de consenso. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CONSENSUS SEQUENCE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-e-e-e-n-n-n-o-q-s-s-s-s-u-u"

-5 letters: consequences, nonsuccesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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