transgene

noun

trans·​gene ˈtran(t)s-ˌjēn  ˈtranz- 

: a gene that is taken from the genome of one organism and introduced into the genome of another organism by artificial techniques

Examples of transgene in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The therapy intravenously delivers a transgene that codes for select portions of a protein called dystrophin in healthy muscle cells; the protein is mutated in patients with DMD. —Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024

Future research avenues could explore other cell targets to improve vector targeting or investigate novel methods that transition semi-random integration to more precise integration of transgenes into the host genome. —William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024

Again, the males are altered, this time with a transgene for an enzyme that cuts up DNA. —Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2015

Pest control and resistance management through release of insects carrying a male-selecting transgene. —Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2015

But the hybrids do not contain the transgene and thus are not GM mosquitoes. —Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 2 Oct. 2019

The team didn’t find mosquitoes carrying the transgenes, foreign to A. aegypti, that Oxitec introduced to kill offspring and to fluorescently label the mosquitoes as GM. —Kelly Servick, Science | AAAS, 1 Oct. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1984, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for transgene

• agin
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• ameen
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Medical Definition

transgene

noun

trans·​gene ˈtran(t)s-ˌjēn  ˈtranz- 

: a gene that is taken from the genome of one organism and introduced into the genome of another organism by artificial techniques