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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A segment of DNA in certain cells, especially bacterial cells, that can exist either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome.
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- noun cytology A segment of
DNA that can exist and replicate either autonomously in thecytoplasm or as part of achromosome , mainly found inbacteria .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
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From this work there emerged a whole series of new concepts, such as the oriented process of genetic transfer from the male to the female, the circularity of the bacterial chromosome or the episome concept.
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Like HSV-1, VZV DNA exists as an endless (either circular or concatameric) episome.
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Lastly, we demonstrated expression of EBNA1, a protein essential for maintaining viral episome.
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Of the various known antigens of EBV expression, EBNA-1is essential for maintenance of viral episome and is expressed in all known forms of viral latency.
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All of the following statements concerning an episome (F factor) are true EXCEPT
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