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Homopolymer Tailing At Biology Glossary

What is it? Attachment of a sequence of identical nucleotides (e.g. TTTTT) to the end of a nucleic acid molecule. Typically single-stranded homopolymer extensions are added to the ends of a double-stranded DNA molecule.

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