EPISOME


Meaning of EPISOME in English

— episomal , adj. — episomally , adv.

/ep"euh sohm'/ , n. Genetics.

bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.

[ 1930-35; EPI- + -SOME 3 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .