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nucleoid /nu·cle·oid/ (noo´kle-oid) 1. resembling a nucleus. 2. a nucleus-like body sometimes seen in the center of an erythrocyte. 3. the genetic material (nucleic acid) of a virus situated in the center of the virion. 4. the nuclear region of a bacterium, which contains the chromosome but is not limited by a nuclear membrane.
nucleoid 1. resembling a nucleus. 2. a nucleus-like body sometimes seen in the center of an erythrocyte. 3. the genetic material (nucleic acid) of a rickettsia, chlamydia and some viruses, e.g. poxviruses, situated in the center of the microorganism. |
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Any of several discrete DNA sequences that repeat at various sites on a bacterial chromosome, on certain plasmids, and on bacteriophages and that can move from one site to another on the chromosome, to another plasmid in the same bacterium, or to a bacteriophage. To test whether these 300 or so genes alone can sustain life, Venter and his colleagues have contemplated making an artificial bacterial chromosome containing only those genes. nbsp;bases in length; this project could allow us to produce the largest mammalian genes and even bacterial chromosomes as a standard part of our service. |
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