base sequence (plural base sequences)
- (molecular biology) The sequence of nucleotide bases in a DNA molecule.
1992, N. V. Bhagavan, Medical Biochemistry, Jones & Bartlett Learning, →ISBN, page 571:Specifically, the sequence of amino acids in a particular protein molecule is determined by the base sequence of the segment of DNA that encodes that protein.
2008, Marketa J. Zvelebil, Jeremy O. Baum, Understanding Bioinformatics, Garland Science, →ISBN, page 7:This complementarity means that if you know the base sequence of one strand of DNA, you can deduce the base sequence of the other.