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reaction

(genetic biology)

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  • Grammar: noun
    plural:
    reactions
  • Definition:
    ~ a response of an organism or living tissue to a stimulus

    ~ a chemical change or transformation in which a substance decomposes, combines with other substances, or interchanges constituents with other substances
  • Example:
    1. Removal of a phosphate from ATP provides the energy to drive many biochemical reactions.

    2. In sequencing reactions, the process of chain termination is repeated billions of times because there are billions of identical DNA template molecules and billions of DNA polymerase molecules used in each sequencing reaction.
  • Related Word: react (verb)
  • Related Compound: biochemical reaction, chemical reaction, sequencing reaction


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