artificial gene
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of artificial gene
First recorded in 1970–75
Example Sentences
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The Kan team first constructed an artificial gene that could replace the instructions of a faulty gene subunit that was causing beta thalassemia.
From Time Magazine Archive
At an American Chemical Society meeting in San Francisco, they announced that using only off-the-shelf chemicals, they had made an artificial gene that does all the work of its natural counterpart.
From Time Magazine Archive
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