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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
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Fields of Study > genetics > molecular genetics > nucleotide sequences > expressed sequence tags
Preferred Term:

expressed sequence tags

Definition:
An Expressed Sequence Tag is a tiny portion of an entire gene that can be used to help identify unknown genes and to map their position within a genome.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Core
Broader Concept:
nucleotide sequences
Entry Terms:
  • ESTs (expressed sequence tags)
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/34195
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RDF/XMLCreated 2006-01-19, last modified 2018-02-05
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