单词 | p element |
释义 | > as lemmasp element p element n. [ < p- (in paternally adv., paternal adj.) + element n., with reference to the so-called ‘paternally contributing’ strains of Drosophila fruit flies (bearing p elements), which produce sterile offspring from males mated with females of the ‘maternally contributing strains’ lacking this element, but not vice versa] Genetics the first eukaryotic transposon to be identified, found in Drosophila fruit flies and used as a vector for experimental gene transfer. ΚΠ 1982 G. M. Rubin et al. in Cell 29 991/2 Five of the mutations were caused by the insertion of members of a single family of elements, which we call P elements. 1990 EMBO Jrnl. 9 3947/2 The hybrid gene was placed within a P element vector..containing rosy as a phenotypic marker for transformation. 1999 J. Weiner Time, Love, Memory 151 In a vial, they mixed a solution of these sticky DNA fragments called ‘P elements’, which would act as shuttles to carry the DNA of interest into the bacterial DNA. < as lemmas |
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