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Retrotransposition

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retrotranscriptionnoun(genetics) Synonym of reverse transcription.
retrotranslocationnoun(biochemistry) The reverse process of translocation.
retroduplicationnoun(genetics) The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy
retropositionnoun(anatomy) backward displacement of a body part
retrogenenoun(genetics) A piece of DNA reverse transcribed from mRNA inserted into a random place in the genome.
retrotranscriptnounretrotranscription
retroposonnoun(genetics) A fragment of DNA inserted into a chromosome following reverse transcription from RNA.
reverse transcriptionnoun(genetics) The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process).
retrosequencenoun(genetics) A sequence of DNA produced by reverse transcription
retrotransposonnoun(genetics) A transposable fragment of a genome that can undergo retrotransposition.
retrotransductionnounretrograde transduction (of DNA)
retroelementnoun(genetics) A retrotransposon.
retranslocationnounrepeated or reverse translocation
retrocopynoun(genetics) A retrogene, copied from mRNA, that has lost all introns
retromutationnoun(genetics) A mutation to a previous (typically an original) form.
retrotranscytosisnounreverse transcytosis
retrotranscriptomenoun(genetics) A complete set of retrotranscripts
retroplasmidnoun(genetics) Any plasmid that replicates via reverse transcription
retronnoun(biochemistry) A sequence of DNA associated with reverse transcription
retrohomingnoun(genetics) The reintegration of an intron into DNA

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