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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

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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)

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Literary usage of Recombinant DNA

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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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