transposon

[化] 转座子

词形变化

transposons 复数 transposons

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to the genome of another species.

    转座子

    生物 医学

    2002, Ahmet Ipek, Introduction of an Ac/Ds Based Two-element Transposon Tagging System and Trans-activation of Ds in Carrot (Daucus Carota L.), University of Wisconsin–Madison, page 44, Transposon tagging is a powerful technique to identify and clone genes. The successful application of transposon tagging requires previous identification and cloning of a transposon in the species under consideration.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

jumping gene

上位词 3

dna deoxyribonucleic acid desoxyribonucleic acid

相关短语

transposon mutagenesis transposon tagging

词源

From transpose + -on.

来源：wiktionary