Biology A-Level
Chain-termination mechanism
What Chain-termination mechanism means in Biology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Chain-termination mechanism
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A method relying on a template strand, a primer, DNA polymerase and a mixture of normal deoxynucleotides plus modified dideoxynucleotides that terminate chain extension.
Topics that use Chain-termination mechanism
- Manipulating genomes (OCR A-Level)
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