Transfection

Japanese: transfection
Transfection

...A replicon is a molecule that has a structure necessary for replication (a site that DNA replicating enzymes recognize and start replicating). For example, bacterial circular DNA is a replicon. Phage DNA and plasmid DNA are also replicons (transformation with phage DNA is specifically called transfection), and vectors used to carry donor DNA in genetic engineering are also replicons in most cases. However, what is a replicon in one cell is not necessarily a replicon in another cell. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "transfection" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…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。ファージDNAやプラスミドDNAもレプリコンであり(ファージDNAによる形質転換を特にトランスフェクションtransfectionという),遺伝子工学において供与DNAを運ぶために使われるベクターvectorもほとんどの場合レプリコンである。もっとも,ある細胞でレプリコンであるものが別の細胞においてもレプリコンであるとは限らない。…

※「transfection」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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