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Chromosome walking

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001309

A technique with which an unknown region of a chromosome can be explored. It is generally used to isolate a locus of interest for which no probe is available but that is known to be linked to a gene which has been identified and cloned. A fragment containing a known gene is selected and used as a probe to identify other overlapping fragments which contain the same gene. The nucleotide sequences of these fragments can then be characterized. This process continues for the length of the chromosome.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001309
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoChromosome mapping
TranslationsSpanish: caminata cromosómica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001309",
  "term": "Chromosome walking",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A technique with which an unknown region of a chromosome can be explored. It is generally used to isolate a locus of interest for which no probe is available but that is known to be linked to a gene which has been identified and cloned. A fragment containing a known gene is selected and used as a probe to identify other overlapping fragments which contain the same gene. The nucleotide sequences of these fragments can then be characterized. This process continues for the length of the chromosome.",
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "chromosome mapping"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "caminata cromosómica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/chromosome-walking/"
}

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