Recombinant Definition

rē-kŏmbə-nənt
noun
An organism in which recombination has occurred.
Webster's New World
Material produced by genetic engineering.
American Heritage Medicine
adjective
Formed by or showing recombination.
A recombinant chromosome.
American Heritage Medicine
Of or relating to recombinant DNA.
Recombinant fragments; recombinant technology.
American Heritage

Referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination. Especially in the phrase recombinant DNA referring to an organism created in the lab by adding DNA from another species.

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Noun

Singular:
recombinant
Plural:
recombinants

Recombinant Sentence Examples

  • In 1985, recombinant DNA techniques produced a safe and unlimited supply of GH in the lab.

  • The majority of data are from trials using recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt-PA ), also known as alteplase.

  • A single step affinity purification of recombinant GST by expanded bed adsorption.

  • Epoetin alpha (Janssen-Cilag) and epoetin beta (Roche ), two other recombinant red cell growth factors, are also available.

  • Glucosamine inhibits recombinant human interleukin-1 stimulated cartilage degradation in equine cartilage explants.

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