sticky end in English

noun
1
an end of a DNA double helix at which a few unpaired nucleotides of one strand extend beyond the other.
Such linkers could be joined by DNA ligase onto the DNA to be inserted and the resulting molecule cut with a restriction enzyme to generate sticky ends .

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1. 25 And a sticky end ... marmalade shop to close after a century of trade Read in studio Good evening.

2. Adaptors contain a restriction overhang that can be ligated to DNA fragments containing the complementary restriction overhang—one sticky end and one blunt end.

3. It created a fairly thick mixture that really stuck to the nuts, and didn’t create a super sticky end product, that has happened before when I’ve tried Candied …