Sentences with phrase «kinds of chemical letters»

There are four kinds of chemical letters — A, T, C, and G — dotted along each strand, I said.

Not exact matches

Researchers have demonstrated for the first time that they can continuously read the chemical letters of DNA as it travels through a tiny pore, paving the way for a new kind of sequencing machine that decodes DNA much like an announcer reading a ticker tape.

These kinds of chemical have the special ability to stick to each other strongly, if the sequence of genetic «letters» matches up properly.