---
type: "example"
title: "MolecularDefinition Example: moleculardefinition-example"
resource: "MolecularDefinition"
example: "moleculardefinition-example"
---
# MolecularDefinition Example: moleculardefinition-example

## Example XML



```xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<MolecularDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
    <id value="example"/>
    <moleculeType>
        <coding>
            <system value="http://hl7.org/fhir/sequence-type"/>
            <code value="dna"/>
            <display value="DNA Sequence"/>
        </coding>
    </moleculeType>
    <representation>
    <literal>
        <value value="ATGAACAGACAAGTAAAAGACATGACAGYGATACTTTCCCAGAGCTGAAGTTAACAAATGCACCTGGTTC
TTTTACTAAGTGTTCAAATACCAGTGAACTTAAAGAATTTGTCAATCCTAGCCTTCCAAGAGAAGAAAAA
GAAGAGAAACTAGAAACAGTTAAAGTGTCTAATAATGCTGAAGACCCCAAAGATCTCATGTTAAGTGGAG
AAAGGGTTTTGCAAACTGAAAGATCTGTAGAGAGTAGCAGTATTTCAYTGGTACCTGGTACTGATTATGG
CACTCAGGAAAGTATCTCGTTACTGGAAGTTAGCACTCTAGGGAAGGCAAAAACAGAACCAAATAAATGT
GTGAGTCAGTGTGCAGCATTTGAAAACCCCAAGGGACTAATTCATGGTTGTTCCAAAGATAATAGAAATG
ACACAGAAGGCTTTAAGTATCCATTGGGACATGAAGTTAACCACAGTCGGGAAACAAGCATAGAAATGGA
AGAAAGTGAACTTGATGCTCAGTATTTGCAGAATACATTCAAGGTTTCAAAGCGCCAGTCATTTGCTCYG
TTTTCAAATCCAGGAAATGCAGAAGAGGAATGTGCAACATTCTCTGCCCACTCTGGGTCCTTAAAGAAAC
AAAGTCCAAAAGTCACTTTTGAATGTGAACAAAAGGAAGAAAATCAAGGAAAGAATGAGTCTAATATCAA
GCCTGTACAGACAGTTAATATCACTGCAGGCTTTCCTGTGGTTGGTCAGAAAGA"/>

    </literal>
    <resolvable>
        <reference value="DocumentReference/example-genomicFile-mw7162561"/>
    </resolvable>
    <extracted>
        <startingMolecule>
            <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-starting-sequence-2b-extracted"/>
            <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
            <display value="Starting Sequence Resource"/>
        </startingMolecule>
        <coordinateInterval>
            <coordinateSystem>
                <system>
                    <coding>
                        <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
                        <code value="LA30100-4"/>
                        <display value="0-based interval counting"/>
                    </coding>
                    <text value="0-based interval counting"/>
                </system>
            </coordinateSystem>
            <start value="0"/>
            <end value="745"/>
        </coordinateInterval>

        <reverseComplement value="false"/>
    </extracted>
    <concatenated>
        <sequenceElement>
            <sequence>
                <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-sequence0-2b-concatenated"/>
                <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
                <display value="Sequence-of index 0-Resource for concatenated sequence example"/>
            </sequence>
            <ordinalIndex value="0"/>
        </sequenceElement>
        <sequenceElement>
            <sequence>
                <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-sequence1-2b-concatenated"/>
                <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
                <display value="Sequence-of index 1-Resource for concatenated sequence example"/>
            </sequence>
            <ordinalIndex value="1"/>
        </sequenceElement>
        <sequenceElement>
            <sequence>
                <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-sequence2-2b-concatenated"/>
                <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
                <display value="Sequence-of index 2-Resource for concatenated sequence example"/>
            </sequence>
            <ordinalIndex value="2"/>
        </sequenceElement>
    </concatenated>
    <relative>
        <startingMolecule>
            <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-starting-sequence-2b-relative"/>
            <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
            <display value="Starting Sequence Resource"/>
        </startingMolecule>
        <edit>
            <coordinateInterval>
                <coordinateSystem>
                    <system>
                        <coding>
                            <system value="http://loinc.org"/>
                            <code value="LA30100-4"/>
                            <display value="0-based interval counting"/>
                        </coding>
                        <text value="0-based interval counting"/>
                    </system>
                </coordinateSystem>
                <start value="0"/>
                <end value="745"/>
            </coordinateInterval>
            <replacementMolecule>
                <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-replacement-sequence"/>
                <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
                <display value="Replacement Sequence Resource"/>
            </replacementMolecule>
            <replacedMolecule>
                <reference value="MolecularDefinition/example-replaced-sequence"/>
                <type value="MolecularDefinition"/>
                <display value="Replaced Sequence Resource"/>
            </replacedMolecule>
        </edit>
    </relative>
    </representation>
</MolecularDefinition>
```