- transposable (genetic) element
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Synonym: transposon
Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture . 2015.
transposable (genetic) element
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transposable (genetic) element — A DNA element that can move from one location in the genome to another. Synonym: transposon … Glossary of Biotechnology
transposable element — n a segment of genetic material that is capable of changing its location in the genome or that in some bacteria is capable of undergoing transfer between an extrachromosomal plasmid and a chromosome called also transposable genetic element * * *… … Medical dictionary
Transposable element — A bacterial DNA transposon Transposable elements (TEs) are sequences of DNA that can move or transpose themselves to new positions within the genome of a single cell. The mechanism of transposition can be either copy and paste or cut and paste .… … Wikipedia
element — 1. A substance composed of atoms of only one kind, i.e., of identical atomic (proton) number, that therefore cannot be decomposed into two or more elements and that can lose its chemical properties only by union with some other e. or by a nuclear … Medical dictionary
Genetic transposition — The ability of genes to change position on chromosomes, a process in which a transposable element is removed from one site and inserted into a second site in the DNA. Genetic transposition was the first type of genetic instability to be… … Medical dictionary
transposable element — noun : a segment of genetic material that is capable of changing its location in the genome or in some bacteria is capable of undergoing transfer between an extrachromosomal plasmid and a chromosome * * * transposable element noun (genetics) A… … Useful english dictionary
transposable element — noun Date: 1979 a segment of genetic material that is capable of changing its location in the genome or in some bacteria of undergoing transfer between an extrachromosomal plasmid and a chromosome … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of genetic engineering topics — NOTOC # 3 end 5 end A Acentric chromosome Achondroplasia Active site Adam s Curse Adaptation Adenine Adenosine Adenosine diphosphate Adenovirus ADP Ala Alagille syndrome Albino Alcoholism Alkylating agent Allele Allele frequency Alleles… … Wikipedia
transposon — Synonym of transposable genetic element … Glossary of Biotechnology
integration — 1. The state of being combined, or the process of combining, into a complete and harmonious whole. 2. In physiology, the process of building up, as by accretion, anabolism, etc. 3. In mathematics, the process of ascertaining a function from its… … Medical dictionary
