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Deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (dNTPs): the collective name for four different molecules (dGTP, dATP, dTTP, dCTP) that are substratesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigSubstrate: a molecule that undergoes a biochemical reaction catalyzed by an enzyme. By inference, a substrate physically binds to its cognate enzyme. for DNA polymeraseplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDNA polymerase: an enzyme that is usually involved in DNA replication. This enzyme uses deoxyribonucleotides (dNTPs) and a primed template as a substrate to synthesize a new strand of ssDNA that pairs with its template to form dsDNA. There are many different kinds of DNA polymerase, but in this book we collectively refer to them as and are used to form DNAplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDNA: deoxyribonucleic acid. The genetic material for nearly all life on Earth.. These are sometimes abbreivated as “deoxynucleotides” (which clearly refers to dNTPs) or just “nucleotidesplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigNucleotide: molecules that are polymerized to form nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). Includes dNTPs and NTPs.” (which is ambiguous because it could also refer to ribonucleotides, which are the molecules used to form RNAsplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigRNA sequencing (RNAseq): an experimental technique that sequences all the RNAs in a sample. It is based off of converting RNAs into cDNAs with reverse transcriptase, followed by Illumina sequencing.).