kbp

(noun)

kilobase pair

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Examples of kbp in the following topics:

  • Bacterial Genomes

    • Bacterial genomes are smaller in size (size range from 139 kbp to 13,000 kpb) between species when compared with genomes of eukaryotes.
    • Bacterial genomes can range in size anywhere from 139 kbp to 13,000 kbp.

  • Viral Gastroenteritis

    • Segments range from ~ 3.9 kbp – 1kbp and each segment encodes 1-3 proteins.
    • Noroviruses contain an RNA genome of approximately 7.5 kbp, encoding a major structural protein (VP1) and a minor capsid protein (VP2).

  • Introduction to Plasmids

    • Plasmid sizes vary from 1 to over 1,000 kbp.

  • Double-Stranded DNA Viruses: Pox Viruses

    • Along its approximate 195-kbp double-stranded DNA genome, VACV encodes approximately 200 proteins, ranging in function from viral RNA and DNA synthesis and virion assembly to modulation of host immune defenses.

  • Virulent Bacteriophages and T4

    • Its double-stranded DNA genome is about 169 kbp long and is held in an icosahedral head, also known as a capsid.

  • Double-Stranded DNA Viruses: Adenoviruses

    • They possess non-segmented dsDNA genomes between 26 and 45 Kbp, significantly larger than other dsDNA viruses.