extrachromosomal element
(redirected from extrachromosomal elements)plas·mid
(plaz'mid),A genetic particle physically separate from the chromosome of the host cell (chiefly bacterial) that can function and replicate stably and usually confer some advantage to the host cell; not essential to the cell's basic functioning.
[cytoplasm + -id]
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ex·tra·chro·mo·so·mal element
(ĕk′strə-krō′mə-sō′məl)n.
See plasmid.
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plas·mid
(plaz'mid)A genetic particle physically separate from the chromosome of the host cell (chiefly bacterial) that can stably function and replicate; not essential to the basic functioning of the cell.
Synonym(s): extrachromosomal element, extrachromosomal genetic element.
Synonym(s): extrachromosomal element, extrachromosomal genetic element.
[cytoplasm + -id]
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