Megabase Pair (Mbp)

Paul H Dear, Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK

Published online: January 2006

DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0005710

A megabase pair (Mbp) is a unit of length of nucleic acids, equal to one million base pairs or to one thousand kilobase pairs.

Keywords: deoxyribonucleic acid; base pair; nucleic acids; megabase pair; chromosome

Related Sub-Topics:

Nucleic Acid Structure | Gene and Genome Structure and Organisation | DNA Structure and Function
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Dear, Paul H(Jan 2006) Megabase Pair (Mbp). In: eLS. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Chichester. http://www.els.net [doi: 10.1038/npg.els.0005710]