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genetic transduction

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002826

Transfer of bacterial DNA by phages from an infected bacterium to another bacterium. This also refers to the transfer of genes into eukaryotic cells by viruses. This naturally occurring process is routinely employed as a gene transfer technique.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002826
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsomicrobial genetics; genetic transformation; gene transfer
TranslationsSpanish: transducción genética
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002826",
  "term": "genetic transduction",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Transfer of bacterial DNA by phages from an infected bacterium to another bacterium. This also refers to the transfer of genes into eukaryotic cells by viruses. This naturally occurring process is routinely employed as a gene transfer technique.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "microbial genetics",
    "genetic transformation",
    "gene transfer"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "transducción genética"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/genetic-transduction/"
}

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