gene amplification

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002772",
  "term": "gene amplification",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A selective increase in the number of copies of a gene coding for a specific protein without a proportional increase in other genes. It occurs naturally via the excision of a copy of the repeating sequence from the chromosome and its extrachromosomal replication in a plasmid, or via the production of an RNA transcript of the entire repeating sequence of ribosomal RNA followed by the reverse transcription of the molecule to produce an additional copy of the original DNA sequence.",
  "synonyms": [
    "DNA amplification (in vivo)",
    "RNA amplification (in vivo)"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "gene expression regulation",
    "genotyping errors",
    "allelic dropouts"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "amplificación genética"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/gene-amplification/"
}