replica

Japanese: replicon
replica

...The genetic information of DNA is transmitted to the next generation of cells. If the DNA itself is a replicon, the DNA is easily stabilized. A replicon is a molecule that has a structure necessary for replication (a site that DNA replication enzymes recognize and start replicating). For example, bacterial circular DNA is a replicon.

From [DNA Replication]

…It takes about 40 minutes to replicate a 1.4 mm chromosome. A DNA replication unit that has a single replication origin, such as the chromosome of E. coli, and is accompanied by a group of factors that control the initiation of replication from that point, is called a replicon. The DNA of viruses and plasmids, as well as the DNA contained in mitochondria and chloroplasts, are also replicons, and each is subject to unique controls. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "replicon" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…それによって,DNAの遺伝情報が次代の細胞に伝達される。入ったDNA自体がレプリコンrepliconである場合,そのDNAは容易に安定化する。レプリコンとは,その分子内に複製に必要な構造(DNA複製酵素が認識して複製を開始する部位)を持っているもので,例えば細菌の環状DNAはレプリコンである。…

【DNA複製】より

…1.4mmの染色体を複製するのに約40分かかる。 大腸菌の染色体のように,一つの複製開始点をもち,そこからの複製開始を制御する一群の因子を伴う複製単位としてのDNAをレプリコンrepliconと呼ぶ。ウイルスやプラスミドのDNA,あるいはミトコンドリアや葉緑体に含まれるDNAもまたレプリコンであり,それぞれ独特の制御をうけている。…

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