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insertional pertaining to 1. surgical or reproductive manipulation 2. molecular biological manipulation. insertional activity the electrical tracing produced in electromyography as a result of the insertion of the needle electrode. insertional inactivation in recombinant DNA technology, an early method for selecting ampicillin (amp+) and tetracycline (tet+) resistant Escherichia coli transformed with plasmids such as pBR 322; foreign DNA was cloned into the tet gene, thereby disrupting the gene and rendering the cell tet−, which enabled selection when cells were plated onto amp and tet plates. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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