Medical Term:
denaturation temperature of DNA
Definition: that temperature at which, under a given set of conditions, double-stranded DNA is changed (50%) to single-stranded DNA; under standard conditions, the base composition of the DNA can be estimated from the denaturation temperature, since the greater the denaturation temperature, the greater the guanine-plus-cytosine content (GC content) of the DNA.
Synonym(s): melting temperature of DNA
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