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DNA n. scientifically, deoxyribonucleic acid, a chromonal double chain (the famous "double helix") in the nucleus of each living cell the combination of which determines each individual's hereditary characteristics. In law, the importance is the discovery that each person's DNA is different and is found in each living cell, so a hair, blood, skin or any part of the body can be used to identify and distinguish an individual from all other people. DNA testing can result in proof of one's involvement or lack of involvement in a crime scene. While recent DNA tests have proved a convicted killer on death row did not commit a crime and resulted in his release, current debate concerns whether DNA evidence is scientifically certain enough to be admitted in trials. The trend is strongly in favor of admission.


dna noun authentication, certification, confirmation of identity, proof of identity, scientific evidence, scientific means of designation, scientific means of identity, scientific means to distinguish a person, scientific method to reveal identity, substantiation, validation of identity, verification of identity, deoxyribonucleic acid
Associated concepts: appeal of a case, DNA fingerprint, DNA polymerase, forensics, overturning a case, reversal of a case


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Third, isolates were assigned to a principal genetic group on the basis of polymorphisms at codon 463 of the katG gene, which encodes catalase peroxidase, and at codon 95 of the gyrA gene, which encodes the A subunit of DNA gyrase (13).
With detailed methods and protocols, contributors address computational strategies, a number of assay methods (for DNA gyrase, topoisomerase IV, bacterial RNA polymerase, bacterial ribosome biogenesis and inhibitors targeting specific translational steps), high-throughput peptide deformylase inhibitor screening, penicillin-binding protein assay methods, methods for assessing the structure and function of cationic antimicrobial peptides, and bacterial efflux pump inhibitors.
Ohemeng and colleagues previously detected no inhibitory activity from galangin against Escherichia coli DNA gyrase (Ohemeng et al.
 
 
 
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