"carrier DNA"

Portuguese translation: DNA transportador

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English term or phrase:"carrier DNA"
Portuguese translation:DNA transportador

12:12 Sep 25, 2012
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2012-09-29 12:54:07 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


English to Portuguese translations [PRO]
Science - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-) / molecular biology
English term or phrase: "carrier DNA"
Instruções para procedimento de extração de ácidos nucleicos virais:

Add 200ul of Buffer AL (containing 28ug/ml of carrier DNA). Close the cap and mix by pulse-vortex for 15 sec.
Michela C. Schlosser
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
DNA transportador
Explanation:
Literal, no meu entender.

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Obrigado, Michela!
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Paulo Marcon
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
Grading comment
Obrigada pela ajuda pessoal!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1DNA do portador
Joao Marcelo Trovao
3 +1DNA transportador
Paulo Marcon


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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"carrier dna"
DNA do portador


Explanation:
Sug.

Joao Marcelo Trovao
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Julia Lucietto
1128 days
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
"carrier dna"
DNA transportador


Explanation:
Literal, no meu entender.

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Note added at 4 days (2012-09-29 14:04:56 GMT) Post-grading
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Obrigado, Michela!

Paulo Marcon
Brazil
Local time: 03:17
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Obrigada pela ajuda pessoal!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marlene Curtis
6 mins
  -> Obrigado, Marlene!

agree  Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
20 mins
  -> Obrigado, Teresa!

disagree  Julia Lucietto: Na verdade não existe "DNA transportador", e sim "RNA transportador" (RNAt)
1128 days
  -> Se o contexto fosse simplesmente o da síntese de proteínas, concordaria com a sua observação. Mas me parece que é outra coisa, em que o DNA é usado como vetor em certas manipulações celulares (“transformations”). Então, mantenho a resposta. V. refs.
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