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Minigene

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geneletnoun(genetics) A very small gene, especially one whose function can be switched
unigenenoun(genetics) A cluster of genes that perform a particular function
intergenic regionnoun(microbiology) DNA sequences located between genes that make up a large percentage of the human genome with no known function.
minibodynounAn antibody fragment that has biological activity
genonnoun(genetics) A coding sequence (or gene) together with the information necessary to fully express that coding sequence, such as epigenetic factors.
dna snippetnoun(informal, genetics) A small portion of DNA associated with one or more genes or attributes
stuffer fragmentnoun(genetics) A section of DNA contained within the genome of lambda vector that is replaced by the DNA to be cloned.
proxygenenoun(genetics) A full-length protein that has high local similarity with a specific short length of nucleic acid
minimotifnoun(genetics) A short contiguous peptide motif
inteinnoun(biochemistry) A segment of a protein, analogous to an intron, that is able to excise itself, the gap being closed with a peptide bond
microproteinnounA small protein.
microglobulinnounA low molecular-weight globulin.
genesetnounA set of genes (with a specified function)
cistronnounThe unit of hereditary material (e.g. DNA) that encodes one protein.
agnogenenoun(genetics) A gene that expresses an agnoprotein.
miniproteinnoun(biochemistry) A small protein (or a large polypeptide), especially one that folds into a structure similar to that of a normal protein
minidomainnoun(biochemistry) A small domain (of a protein)
marker genenoun(genetics) A gene with a known location in a chromosome; used to track the insertion of DNA into organisms
glycogenenoun(biology) A gene involved in the glycosylation pathway.
fusion tagnoun(biochemistry) A short peptide, protein domain, or entire protein that can be fused to a target protein of interest to create a fusion protein.

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