"DNA Primers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Short sequences (generally about 10 base pairs) of DNA that are complementary to sequences of messenger RNA and allow reverse transcriptases to start copying the adjacent sequences of mRNA. Primers are used extensively in genetic and molecular biology techniques.
| Descriptor ID |
D017931
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D13.695.578.424.450.275 D27.720.470.530.600.223.600
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| Concept/Terms |
DNA Primers- DNA Primers
- Primers, DNA
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotide Primers
- Primers, Oligodeoxyribonucleotide
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| 1994 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| 2003 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2009 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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