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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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That study made it clear, Collins said, that the LINE-1 retrotransposon protein would be hard to engineer to safely and efficiently insert a transgene into the human genome.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

The other RNA is the template for the transgene DNA to be inserted, plus gene expression control elements -- an entire autonomous transgene cassette that R2 protein inserts into the genome, Collins said.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 20, 2024

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

From Salon ● Mar. 1, 2022

The homozygosity of the mt-cpYFP transgene was verified by looking for 100% segregation of the transgene in the progeny for three generations.

From Nature ● Apr. 4, 2014

“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

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