Organic Chemical
recombinant DNA
re·com·bi·nant DNA
Subclass of:
Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)
Definitions related to recombinant dna:
  • DNA artificially constructed by combining genes from different organisms or by cloning chemically altered DNA, usually for the purpose of genetic manipulation.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (dna, recombinant) Biologically active DNA which has been formed by the in vitro joining of segments of DNA from different sources. It includes the recombination joint or edge of a heteroduplex region where two recombining DNA molecules are connected.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Recombinant DNA, molecules of DNA from two different species that are inserted into a host organism to produce new genetic combinations that are of value to science, medicine, agriculture, and industry. Since the focus of all genetics is the gene, the fundamental goal of laboratory geneticists is...
    Encyclopedia Britannica
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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