Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
MESHD022202
DNA constructs that are composed of, at least, a REPLICATION ORIGIN, for successful replication, propagation to and maintenance as an extra chromosome in bacteria. In addition, they can carry large amounts (about 200 kilobases) of other sequence for a variety of bioengineering purposes.
Synonyms
- Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
- Chromosomes, Bacterial Artificial
- Artificial Chromosomes, Bacterial
- Artificial Chromosome, Bacterial
- Bacterial Artificial Chromosome
- Chromosome, Bacterial Artificial
- BAC (Chromosome)
- BACs (Chromosomes)
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