Definition of "prokaryotic" [prokaryotic]

• Of or having the characteristics of prokaryotes, especially bacteria. (adjective)
• Of cells, lacking a nucleus. (adjective)

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• "The plasmid must contain prokaryotic nucleotide sequences coding for a bacterial replication origin for DNA and an antibiotic resistance gene."
• "Indeed Dulbecco's laboratory was filled with first-class postdoctoral fellows from around the world, who were trained in prokaryotic molecular biology and who came there intending to expand their research into eukaryotic molecular biology."
• "Most large-scale genomic studies suggest that the answer is an archaeon - that is, a prokaryotic cell that is in most respects like a bacterium."