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transposon mutagenesis

transposon mutagenesis noun: a biological process that allows genes to be transferred to a host organism's chromosome, interrupting or modifying the function of an extant gene on the chromosome and causing mutation.

Noun

transposon mutagenesis

  1. (molecular biology) A biological process that allows genes to be transferred to a host organism's chromosome, interrupting or modifying the function of an extant gene on the chromosome and causing mutation.

Questions about transposon mutagenesis

What does transposon mutagenesis mean?
Transposon mutagenesis means a biological process that allows genes to be transferred to a host organism's chromosome, interrupting or modifying the function of an extant gene on the chromosome and causing mutation.
What part of speech is transposon mutagenesis?
Transposon mutagenesis is a noun.

Words near transposon mutagenesis in the dictionary

  1. transpositors
  2. transposome
  3. transposomes
  4. transposomics
  5. transposon
  6. transposon mutagenesis
  7. transposon tagging
  8. transposonal
  9. transposonic
  10. transposons
  11. transpososome

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