Encyclopedia

anneal

Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Wikipedia.
(redirected from Nucleic acid hybridization)

anneal

[ə′nēl]
(engineering)
To treat a metal, alloy, or glass with heat and then cool to remove internal stresses and to make the material less brittle. Also known as temper.
(genetics)
To recombine strands of complementary deoxyribonucleic acid that were separated by heating or other means of denaturation.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

anneal

To take the brittleness out of metal, plastic or certain carbon composites. Performed in the preparation of new products or in their restoration, annealing is accomplished via a heat treating process.
Copyright © 1981-2025 by The Computer Language Company Inc. All Rights reserved. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction is strictly prohibited without permission from the publisher.
Mentioned in
References in periodicals archive
Contemporary nucleic acid hybridization or DNA probe tests are commonly used in medicine to detect a variety of pathogens.
Immunoassays [6], nucleic acid hybridization [7], nucleic acid amplification [5, 8-10], lux phage assay [11, 12] and combined cultural-molecular methods [13] are the examples.
Detection of human papillomavirus infection by nucleic acid hybridization. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 1987; 14:451-69.
With these studies of nucleic acid hybridization or DNA hybridization, it becomes possible to compare the total DNA and measure the number of DNA sequences that are held in common between any two organisms.
The flow cell is aligned to adhere to the glass slide to form a nucleic acid hybridization unit.
Nucleic acid hybridization with a probe specific for 3-aminoglycoside acetyltransferase type IV: a survey of resistance to apramycin and gentamicin in animal strains of Escherichia coli.
Nucleic acid-based tests used in diagnosing infectious diseases use standard methods for isolating nucleic acids from organisms and clinical material and restriction endonuclease enzymes, gel electrophoresis, and nucleic acid hybridization techniques to analyze DNA or RNA (6).
Copyright © 2003-2025 Farlex, Inc Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.