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Complementary Nucleotides: The bonding preferences of nucleotides, Adenine with Thymine, and Cytosine with Guanine. Also referred to as complementary base pairing.

Nucleotides: The subunits of nucleic acids; composed of a phosphate, a sugar, and a nitrogen-containing base. The fundamental structural unit of the nucleic acid group of organic macromolecules. Some nuc . . . View Full Definition

Polynucleotides: Long chains of nucleotides formed by chemical links between the sugar and phosphate groups.

Complementary Color: Color of light which, when combined with another specified color in the correct proportions, will form gray or white.

Complementary Sequence: Nucleic acid base sequence that can form a double-stranded structure with another dna fragment by following base-pairing rules (a pairs with t and c with g). The complementary sequence to gt . . . View Full Definition

Complementary And Alternative Medicine (CAM): Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) incorporates a large group of healthcare practices and treatments that are considered outside of or supplemental to the scope of conventional med . . . View Full Definition

Complementary DNA (CDNA): Dna that is synthesized from a messenger rna template: the single-stranded form is often used as a probe in physical mapping.

Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS): One of the two main types of image sensors used in digital cameras. Its basic function is the same as that of a CCD. CMOS sensors are currently found in only a handful of digital cameras.

Double Helix: The twisted-ladder shape that two linear strands of dna assume when complementary nucleotides on opposing strands bond together.

Dna Polymerase: In DNA replication, the enzyme that links the complementary nucleotides together to form the newly synthesized strand.