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Definition of Recombinant

1. Adjective. Of or relating to recombinant DNA.

2. Noun. A cell or organism in which genetic recombination has occurred.

Definition of Recombinant

1. Adjective. Referring to something formed by combining existing elements in a new combination. Especially in the phrase ''recombinant DNA'' referring to an organism created in the lab by adding DNA from another species. ¹

2. Noun. An organism, cell(,) or haplotype formed by genetic recombination. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Recombinant

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Recombinant

1. A cell or an individual with a new combination of genes not found together in either parent, usually applied to linked genes. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Recombinant

recolonized recolonizes recolonizing recolor recolored recoloring recolorization recolorizations recolors recolour

recoloured recolouring recolours recomb recombed recombinant (current term) recombinant DNA recombinant DNA molecules recombinant DNA technologies recombinant DNA technology

recombinant clone recombinant clones recombinant deoxyribonucleic acid recombinant fusion proteins recombinant human insulin recombinant proteins recombinant strain recombinant vector recombinantly recombinants

Literary usage of Recombinant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, ebrary, Inc, National Research Council, International Committee, Commission on Life Sciences, National Academy of Sciences (1999)
"recombinant INBRED STRAINS recombinant inbred (RI) strains have been developed for mapping of a specific gene that has different alleles between the two ..."

2. Battling Malaria: Strengthening the U.S. Military Malaria Vaccine Program by Patricia M. Graves, Myron M. Levine (2006)
"recombinant Proteins Other current WRAIR efforts focus on expressing recombinant blood- and liver-stage proteins, including MSP-1, AMA-1, and LSA-1 in E. ..."

3. Progress in Irrigated Rice Research: Selected Papers and Abstracts from the by International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"Recently developed biotechnology techniques, such as tissue culture, protoplast fusion, and recombinant DNA, provide opportunities for transferring useful ..."

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