Seminested
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Partially nested not-comparable
"After 40 cycles of seminested amplification (94°C for 30s, 60°C for 30s, 68°C for 30s), the PCR product was separated by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis and the positive product (∼350 to 400 bp) was purified using a Gel/PCR DNA fragment extraction kit (Geneaid)."
Example
More examples"After 40 cycles of seminested amplification (94°C for 30s, 60°C for 30s, 68°C for 30s), the PCR product was separated by 1.5% agarose gel electrophoresis and the positive product (∼350 to 400 bp) was purified using a Gel/PCR DNA fragment extraction kit (Geneaid)."
Etymology
From semi- + nested.
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