plasmid

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Thomson and his team reported Thursday in the journal Science that they solved this problem by delivering special genes with a plasmid, which is a small, stable circle of DNA.

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  1. noun A circular, double-stranded unit of DNA that replicates within a cell independently of the chromosomal DNA. Plasmids are most often found in bacteria and are used in recombinant DNA research to transfer genes between cells.

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  • A plasmid is an alien DNA ring, a kind of fly-by-night genetic franchise which sets up work in the midst of somebody else's sheltering cytoplasm. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • Moving data on and off the plasmid is not particularly difficult. —  F ;SF; - vol 088 issue 02 - February 1995
  • Thomson's new method imports the necessary genes on a small circle of DNA known as a plasmid. —  Medindia Health News
  • (C) N2a cells were transfected with Cav1α-GFP expression plasmid, followed 48 hr later by treatment with rPrP-546 (red) and live cell confocal microscopy. —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • The new work was accomplished using a plasmid, a circle of DNA, and cells from the foreskins of newborns.
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