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GENETIC CONSTRUCT [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Biotechnology
CONT

A construct is a piece of DNA [deoxyribonucleic acid] which functions as the vehicle or vector carrying the target gene into the recipient organism. It has several different regions ... There is a promoter region which controls the activity of the target gene, a region where the target DNA is inserted, usually some type of reporter gene to enable one to ascertain whether the target has combined successfully with the construct and a termination sequence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Séquence d'ADN destinée au transfert dans une cellule, comprenant un gène d'intérêt, les séquences promotrices et régulatrices indispensables à son expression et à sa régulation dans la cellule receveuse, et un gène marqueur.

OBS

construction génique : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 6 juillet 2008.

Spanish

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