HyperDic: sticky_end

English > 1 sense of the expression sticky end:
NOUNsubstancesticky endan end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other
English > sticky end: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningAn end of DNA in which one strand of the double helix extends a few units beyond the other.
Broaderdeoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix

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