Usually means: Unit of DNA length measurement.
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  1. kilobase: Merriam-Webster
  2. kilobase: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. kilobase: Collins English Dictionary
  4. kilobase: Wiktionary
  5. kilobase: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. kilobase: Dictionary.com
  7. Kilobase: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. kilobase: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  9. Kilobase: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. kilobase: Encyclopedia

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  1. kilobase: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Kilobase: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  5. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  6. kilobase: Medical dictionary
  7. Kilobase: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  2. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)
  3. How Many? A Dictionary of Units of Measurement (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (kilobase)

▸ noun:  a length of double-stranded DNA containing two thousand nucleotides, one thousand on each strand
▸ noun:  a length of single-stranded RNA containing one thousand nucleotides

Similar:
megabase, kilonucleotide, petabase, oligonucleotide, meganucleotide, ribobase, read length, pentaloop, duplex, base sequence, more...

Opposite:
megabase, gigabase, terabase

Phrases:
kilobase pair, more...

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Similar:
megabase, kilonucleotide, petabase, oligonucleotide, meganucleotide, ribobase, read length, pentaloop, duplex, base sequence, more...

Opposite:
megabase, gigabase, terabase

Phrases:
kilobase pair, more...



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