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EPISOME
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
DNA that is not incorporated into the genome but is replicated together with the genome (especially in bacterial cells)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("episome" is a kind of...):
deoxyribonucleic acid; desoxyribonucleic acid; DNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information)
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