Definition of "episome" []

• A genetic particle of certain cells, especially bacterial cells, that can exist either autonomously in the cytoplasm or as part of a chromosome. (noun)

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• "From this work there emerged a whole series of new concepts, such as the oriented process of genetic transfer from the male to the female, the circularity of the bacterial chromosome or the episome concept."
• "Like HSV-1, VZV DNA exists as an endless (either circular or concatameric) episome."
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