human artificial chromosome


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human artificial chromosome

n.
A large DNA sequence constructed in the laboratory to function like a human chromosome.
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The use of human artificial chromosomes overcomes both of these problems by providing a new chromosome in addition to the ones that already exist in the cells of the subject.
The 2014 genetics of aging and longevity conference held in Sochi Russia
She said that the point of creating the human artificial chromosome project is to develop a shuttle vector for gene delivery into human cells to study gene function in human cells.
Artificial human chromosome set to revolutionise medicine
Ignorance of the structure, and even the size, of human centromeres has been the fundamental reason that scientists hadn't been able to create human artificial chromosomes.
Human artificial chromosome created

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