TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT


Meaning of TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT in English

Function: 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

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