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episome
[ep-uh-sohm]
noun
Genetics.
bacterial DNA that is extrachromosomal and that may replicate autonomously as a plasmid or become incorporated into the chromosome and replicate with it.
episome
/ ˈɛɪˌəʊ /
noun
a unit of genetic material (DNA) in bacteria, such as a plasmid, that can either replicate independently or can be integrated into the host chromosome
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Other 51Թ Forms
- episomal adjective
- episomally adverb
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Example Sentences
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AAV seemed to be a safer alternative because genes introduced by the modified virus generally become a free-floating loop, known as an episome, in the cell’s nucleus.
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None of the tumours expressing CMV showed evidence of CMV integration into the host genome, suggesting the presence of a stable episome.
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