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transgene

British  
/ ˈtrænzˌdʒiːn /

noun

  1. a gene that is transferred from an organism of one species to an organism of another species by genetic engineering

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In experiments, Zhang and Van Treeck synthesized mRNA-encoding R2 protein and a template RNA that would generate a transgene with a fluorescent protein expressed by an RNA polymerase promoter.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

Because the Cas9 protein was delivered along with the transgene within the same EDV, it had a shorter life span than methods that deliver a Cas9 gene, which translates to fewer off-target edits.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 31, 2024

"The modification we did doesn't bring any transgene into the genome of this bacteria," she explained.

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2022

“A transgene that comes up in corn could be a much different situation,” Kendall Lamkey, the chairman of Iowa State University’s agronomy department, said in an interview.

From New York Times ● Jun. 6, 2013

Attempts to increase lipid quantity through constitutive expression of transgenes in algae have had limited success owing to only minor expression of the transgene.

From Nature ● Aug. 15, 2012

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