💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Retrogene"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| retroposonnoun | (genetics) A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA. |
| retropositionnoun | (anatomy) backward displacement of a body part |
| retrocopynoun | (genetics) A retrogene, copied from mRNA, that has lost all introns |
| retrotranspositionnoun | (genetics) The reverse transposition of an RNA intermediate. |
| retronnoun | (biochemistry) A sequence of DNA associated with reverse transcription |
| retroduplicationnoun | (genetics) The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy |
| retrotranscriptionnoun | (genetics) Synonym of reverse transcription. |
| retrosequencenoun | (genetics) A sequence of DNA produced by reverse transcription |
| retroplasmidnoun | (genetics) Any plasmid that replicates via reverse transcription |
| retroelementnoun | (genetics) A retrotransposon. |
| retrotransposonnoun | (genetics) A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition. |
| retrotranscriptomenoun | (genetics) A complete set of retrotranscripts |
| reverse transcriptionnoun | (genetics) The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process). |
| retropseudogenenoun | (genetics) A decayed retrocopy. |
| retrotranscriptnoun | retrotranscription |
| retrotranslocationnoun | (biochemistry) The reverse process of translocation. |
| retrotransductionnoun | retrograde transduction (of DNA) |
| retromutationnoun | (genetics) A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form. |
| retromutagenesisnoun | (genetics) A reversal of normal mutagenesis that allows a mutation to escape being selected |
| retroregulationnoun | (genetics) regulation of mRNA translation by a sequence that is downstream |
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