English Dictionary

plasmid

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈplæzmɪd/

名詞

(cytology) A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from and replicates independently of the chromosomes, most commonly found in bacteria, but also in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.

日本語の意味

細胞学において、染色体とは独立して存在し自己複製する二重らせんDNAの輪状分子。細菌に最も一般的に存在し、古細菌や真核生物の細胞にも見られ、遺伝子工学で遺伝子の運搬体（ベクター）として利用される。

The researchers inserted the gene into a plasmid before introducing it into the bacterial culture.

研究者たちは遺伝子を染色体とは独立して複製する小さな環状二本鎖DNA分子であるプラスミドに組み込み、それを細菌培養に導入した。

意味（1）

(cytology) A loop of double-stranded DNA that is separate from and replicates independently of the chromosomes, most commonly found in bacteria, but also in archaeans and eukaryotic cells, and used in genetic engineering as a vector for gene transfer.

These discussions have left a plethora of terms adrift: pangenes, bioblasts, plasmagenes, plastogenes, chondriogenes, cytogenes and proviruses, which have lost their original utility owing to the accretion of vague or contradictory connotations. At the risk of adding to this list, I propose plasmid as a generic term for any extrachromosomal hereditary determinant.

plasmids （ plural ）