kilobase

English

Etymology

From kilo- +‎ base.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪl.ə.beɪs/

Noun

kilobase (plural kilobases)

  1. a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand
  2. a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides

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