Plasmid At Biology Glossary

What is it? A molecule of extrachromosomal DNA existing as an autonomous replicon in the cytoplasm. Most plasmids are covalently closed circular (CCC) DNA, although examples of linear plasmids are known.

Bio Definition Added By: Riley

Send To Friends!

If you'd like to send the Plasmid definition to yourself or to your friends/colleagues, just enter the e-mail addresses in the boxes below -

We hope you now understand the meaning of Plasmid. If you need any more information on this term, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Other Similar Biology Terms:

Bio Term Amnion is Membrane bag that develops around the embryo inside the uterus

Bio Term nostril is (nares) An external opening of the nose leading into the nasal cavity.

Bio Term Broad host range is The ability to infect and reproduce in a wide variety of different organisms. For example, a phage or plasmid that can grow in many different bacterial species, or a bacterium that can produce disease in many different eukaryotic hosts.

Bio Term Genetic recombination is The process by which a fragment of DNA from one molecule (chromosome, plasmid, phage genome) is exchanged with or integrated into another molecule to produce a recombinant molecule(s).

Bio Term probe is Defined nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) that can be used to identify, usually through autoradiography, specific DNA or RNA molecules bearing the complementary sequence. A labeled (radioactive; antigen; enzyme; fluorescent) nucleic acid complementary to the sequence being searched for in a restriction digest, genome library, northern blot or in situ hybridization.