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= Rapid amplification of cDNA ends
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Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) is a molecular biology technique used to amplify the ends of a specific RNA molecule to obtain full-length complementary DNA (cDNA) sequences. This technique is particularly useful for identifying the 5' and 3' ends of mRNA transcripts, which can be important for understanding gene expression, alternative splicing, and RNA processing.