What does number written between sequence of nucleotide means?

Nadia Jamil @Nadia_Jamil3

12 December 2017 1 10K Report

If there is a number superscript on the sequence of a primer what does it means?

e.g. T153AGCT etc

Prabhash Jha

Hi Nadia,

This represents the nomenclature for the description of sequence variations

For better understanding follow this link: http://www.hgmd.cf.ac.uk/docs/mut_nom.html

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