Transposon

Synonyms for "transposon" (4 found)

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Translations

11 translations across 8 languages.

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Chinese Mandarin

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  • 轉座子 /转座子 noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

Dutch

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  • springend gen noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)
  • transposon noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

Finnish

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  • hyppivä geeni noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)
  • transposoni noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

French

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  • transposon noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

German

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  • Transposon noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

Icelandic

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  • stökkgen noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)
  • stökkull noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

Italian

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  • trasposone noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

Polish

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  • transpozon noun (segment of DNA that can move to a different position within a genome, or to another genome)

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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.

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An alternative approach to the use of retroviruses was to use a DNA transposon to integrate DNA into zebrafish chromosomes.

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Our genome also contains stretches of genetic material called transposons that, at least in some cases, are thought to have been introduced long ago by viruses.

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