Definitions
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- adjective Occurring or operating outside the chromosomes.
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- adjective Happening outside a
chromosome
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Examples
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For the most part they grasp at aspects of their opponents 'work, such as the discovery of extrachromosomal in - heritance, or at the arguments of geneticists like
Dictionary of the History of Ideas DAVID JORAVSKY 1968
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The Z. profunda SM-A87 genome has a single 5 128 187-bp circular chromosome with no extrachromosomal elements and harbors 4 653 predicted protein-coding genes.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Qi-Long Qin 2010
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The Z. profunda SM-A87 genome has a single 5 128 187-bp circular chromosome with no extrachromosomal elements and harbors 4 653 predicted protein-coding genes.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Qi-Long Qin 2010
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Human artificial chromosomes (HAC) are small functional extrachromosomal elements, which segregate correctly during each cell division.
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And then I show how some of our initial concepts of chromosomal inheritance are wrong, with work done on extrachromosomal factors.
Pharyngula 2009
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All resulting transgenes were introduced into the germline and followed as extrachromosomal arrays.
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Therefore, the HigB-mediated plasmid maintenance system for the Rts1 plasmid highlights the intimate relationship between host cells and extrachromosomal
Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Hurley, J. M., Woychik, N. A. 2009
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When Falkow pursued this study as a graduate student in the early 1960s, first at the University of Michigan and next at Brown University, and then as an independent researcher at Georgetown University, he learned the biochemical and microbiological techniques necessary to deduce how bacteria transmit antibiotic resistance to one another by sharing circular extrachromosomal elements called plasmids.
Media Newswire 2008
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He's most well-known for his work on extrachromosomal elements called plasmids and their role in antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity in humans and animals, but he's continued throughout his career to explore the microbe's-eye view that can only be afforded by getting down to their level.
Media Newswire 2008
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He's most well-known for his work on extrachromosomal elements called plasmids and their role in antibiotic resistance and pathogenicity in humans and animals, but he's continued throughout his career to explore the microbe's-eye view that can only be afforded by getting down to their level.
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