Site-specific recombination

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005842",
  "term": "Site-specific recombination",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "DNA rearrangements occurring between specific DNA segments which may exhibit little sequence homology. Recombinase enzymes bind to short DNA sequences, cleaving and rejoining the DNA strands. Sequences may move between nonhomologous sites within a single chromosome or between two chromosomes.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "genetic recombination"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "recombinación específica de sitio"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/site-specific-recombination/"
}