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A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from — and replicates independently of — the chromosomes; such loops are most commonly found in bacteria, but they are also sometimes found in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and they are used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
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a small cellular inclusion consisting of a ring of DNA that is not in a chromosome but is capable of autonomous replication
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: plasmid DNA
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inclusion body, cellular inclusion, inclusion
From plasma + -id, coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg in 1952.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Asturian:
plásmidu
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Bulgarian:
плазми́д
(plazmíd)
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Catalan:
plasmidi
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Chinese Mandarin:
質粒 /质粒
(zhìlì)
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Czech:
plazmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Dutch:
plasmide
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Esperanto:
plasmido
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Finnish:
plasmidi
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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French:
plasmide
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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German:
Plasmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Hungarian:
plazmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Italian:
plasmidio
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Italian:
plasmide
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Kazakh:
плазмида
(plazmida)
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Kazakh:
плазмид
(plazmid)
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Norwegian Bokmål:
plasmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
plasmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Polish:
plazmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Portuguese:
plasmídeo
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Portuguese:
plasmídio
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Romanian:
plasmidă
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Russian:
плазми́да
(plazmída)
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Spanish:
plásmido
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Swedish:
plasmid
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
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Turkish:
plazmit
— loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from the chromosomes
