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chimeraplasty
Biology; Genome

An experimental targeted repair process in which a desirable sequence of DNA is combined with RNA to form a chimeraplast. These molecules bind selectively to the target DNA. Once bound, the ...

ribonucleotide
Biology; Genome

See: nucleotide.

kilobase (kb)
Biology; Genome

Unit of length for DNA fragments equal to 1000 nucleotides..

chloroplast chromosome
Biology; Genome

Circular DNA found in the photosynthesizing organelle (chloroplast) of plants instead of the cell nucleus where most genetic material is located..

ribose
Biology; Genome

The five-carbon sugar that serves as a component of RNA. See also: ribonucleic acid, deoxyribose.

knockout
Biology; Genome

Deactivation of specific genes; used in laboratory organisms to study gene function. See also: gene, locus, model organisms.

chromomere
Biology; Genome

One of the serially aligned beads or granules of a eukaryotic chromosome, resulting from local coiling of a continuous DNA thread..

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