gene amplification
The creation of extra, functional copies of genes in a cell or organism.The duplication of an entire genome within a cell or organism.A procedure applied to a bacterium that increases the proportion of plasmid DNA to bacterial DNA (some antibiotics have this effect). Selected gene amplification links: |
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