Definition of "transgene" [transgene]

• A gene used in in transgenesis. (noun)

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• "Kilic E, Bahr M (2003) Human synapsin 1 gene promoter confers highly neuron-specific long-term transgene expression from an adenoviral vector in the adult rat brain depending on the transduced area."
• "Often this foreign gene, called a transgene, restores the missing function for a while and then unexpectedly goes silent."
• "Fetal intramuscular delivery of recombinant adenovirus results in persistent postnatal transgene expression in both muscle and liver."