Definition of Recombinant DNA

1. Noun. Genetically engineered DNA made by recombining fragments of DNA from different organisms.


Definition of Recombinant DNA

1. Noun. (genetics) DNA that has been engineered by splicing together fragments of DNA from multiple species and introduced into the cells of a host ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Recombinant DNA

1. Spliced DNA formed from two or more different sources that have been cleaved by restriction enzymes and joined by ligases. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recombinant DNA

recolonizes
recolonizing
recolor
recolored
recoloring
recolorization
recolorizations
recolors
recolour
recoloured
recolouring
recolours
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recombed
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recombinant DNA (current term)
recombinant DNA molecules
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recombinant clones
recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid
recombinant fusion proteins
recombinant human insulin
recombinant proteins
recombinant strain
recombinant vector
recombinantly
recombinants
recombinase

Literary usage of Recombinant DNA

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Rice Biotechnology by Gurdev S. Khush, Gary H. Toenniessen (1991)
"Identification of recombinant clones There are several procedures for identifying rice recombinant DNA clones. In some instances the rice cDNA library can ..."

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