Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A gene used in in transgenesis.
Wiktionary
- n. A gene from one species introduced into the genome of another by transgenesis
WordNet 3.0
- n. an exogenous gene introduced into the genome of another organism
Examples
“Kilic E, Bahr M (2003) Human synapsin 1 gene promoter confers highly neuron-specific long-term transgene expression from an adenoviral vector in the adult rat brain depending on the transduced area.”
“Often this foreign gene, called a transgene, restores the missing function for a while and then unexpectedly goes silent.”
“Fetal intramuscular delivery of recombinant adenovirus results in persistent postnatal transgene expression in both muscle and liver.”
“The two lines were produced at the same time, under the same conditions, using the same GNA lectin transgene.”
The Huffington Post: Jeffrey Smith: Biotech Propaganda Cooks Dangers Out of GM Potatoes
“They screened the thousands of mosquitoes that hatched, and found a few carrying the botox transgene.”
“A study done by the Nature Institute showed that creeping bentgrass-a USDA-approved herbicide resistant grass engineered by Monsanto and Scotts Company for golf courses-had spread its transgene via pollen to native and related plants 13 mis beyond the control area. ”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: It's a lawless land when it comes to containing GM
“A study done by the Nature Institute showed that creeping bentgrass-a USDA-approved herbicide resistant grass engineered by Monsanto and Scotts Company for golf courses-had spread its transgene via pollen to native and related plants 13 mis beyond the control area.”
OpEdNews - Quicklink: It's a lawless land when it comes to containing GM
“Although an important tool in life science, transgene technology of this kind lacks precision with regard to the inserted gene and cannot be used to manipulate endogenous genes in a predetermined manner.”
The 2007 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Advanced Information
“When a transgene functions in a new cell, it may produce different proteins than the ones intended.”
“A biopharmaceutical corn created at Iowa State University is being developed into a male sterile corn that carries the transgene.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘transgene’.
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“that which produces,â€
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Gk. genés 'born, produced';
L. genus, 'kin')mutagen, mutagenesis, pathogen, pathogenesis, progeny, mitogen, parthenogenesis, transgene, mucinogen, myogenic, autogenic, endogenous and 83 more...
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