Kilobase (kb) definition
Unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1000 nucleotides.

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The haploid human genome (23 chromosomes) is estimated to be about 3 billion base pairs long and to contain 20,000-25,000 distinct genes. [1] A kilobase (kb) is a unit of measurement ...

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kilobase (kb), a length of nucleic acid equal to 1000 bases or nucleotides. kilobase. a unit of size for nucleic acids, being 1000 nucleotide bases for single-stranded nucleic ...

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a unit of length equal to the length of 1000 base pairs of a nucleic acid

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base pair. In biochemistry, the linkage of two base (purine or pyrimidine) molecules that join the complementary strands of DNA. Adenine forms a base pair with thymine (or uracil ...

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kilobase pair (kbp), a length of DNA or double-stranded RNA equal to 1000 base pairs.

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Kb. abbr. kilobit. KB. abbr. 1. kilobyte. 2. King's Bench. 3. king's bishop (chess) kb. abbr. kilobar. kb. abbreviation for (Mathematics & Measurements / Units) kilobar

kilobase definition of kilobase in the Free Online Encyclopedia.
kilobase [′kil·ō‚bās] (genetics) Unit of length equal to 1000 base pairs in deoxyribonucleic acid or 1000 nitrogenous bases in ribonucleic acid.

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CNVs can consist of deletions, duplications or multi-site variants in DNA segments, ranging from a few kilobases to megabases in length.