Plasmid Definition

plăzmĭd
noun
A small, DNA-containing, self-reproducing cytoplasmic element that exists outside the chromosome, as in some bacteria: because it can alter a hereditary characteristic when introduced into another bacterium, it is used in recombinant DNA technology.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • plasmid DNA

Other Word Forms of Plasmid

Noun

Singular:
plasmid
Plural:
plasmids

Origin of Plasmid

  • From plasma +"Ž -id.

    From Wiktionary

Plasmid Sentence Examples

  • The different forms of the plasmid are then separated by gel electrophoresis.

  • Initial experiments are designed to determine if afferent lymph DC carry plasmid, make GFP and/or take up free GFP from the lymph plasma.

  • Here the enzyme Eco RI is used to sever plasmid DNA which is then re-joined using DNA ligase.

  • A population of rat hybridoma cells were transfected with an expression plasmid encoding a humanized monoclonal antibody.

  • The bacterium contains a section of DNA called a plasmid in addition to its usual component of DNA.

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Words Starting With

PPLPLA

Words Ending With

DIDMID

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