English Explanatory Dictionary

replicon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.

Word forms

replicon replicons

Etymology

From replic(ate) + -on.

Related words

cistron gene locus

Derived words

interreplicon minireplicon multireplicon
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