Definition of "hexamers" [hexamers]

• Plural form of hexamer. (noun)

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• "RNA was quantified using a Nanodrop spectrophotometer (Thermo Scientific). 1 µg of RNA was DNase-treated (Promega) and used in reverse transcription reactions primed with random hexamers (Superscript III, Invitrogen). cDNA samples were treated with RNase H and 5 µL of each sample were used for quantitative real-time PCR reactions."
• "Briefly, equal concentrations of RNA from each sample was reverse transcribed in the presence of 1X reaction buffer which included dNTPs, random hexamers, oligo (dT), MgCl"
• "At the top of the page is the histogram of the distribution of - lnp values for all possible hexamers and at the bottom, the sorted list of hexamers that can be mapped on deregulated miRNAs with corresponding p-values."