complementation /com·ple·men·ta·tion/ (-men-ta´shun) the interaction between two sets of cellular or viral genes within a cell such that the cell can function even though each set of genes carries a mutated, nonfunctional gene.
complementation
com·ple·men·ta·tion (k m pl -mn-t  shn, -m n-)n. 1. Functional interaction between two defective viruses permitting replication under conditions inhibitory to the single virus. 2. Interaction between two genetic units, one or both of which are defective, permitting the organism containing these units to function normally, whereas it could not do so if one unit were absent. |
complementation
infection of the same cell by two viruses in which one provides a gene product which the other requires.
complementation
Psychology The process of functioning differently than, and in reciprocation to, someone else, by responding to that person's activities, behavior, and reactions, especially vis-á-vis differentiation of
gender-identity/role. Cf Identification.
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