HyperDic: transposon

English > 1 sense of the word transposon:
NOUNsubstancetransposon, jumping genea segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
English > transposon: 1 sense > noun 1, substance
MeaningA segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole).
Synonymjumping gene
Broaderdeoxyribonucleic acid, desoxyribonucleic acid, DNA(biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix
Spanishelemento genético transponible, transposón, trasposón
Catalantransposó

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