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RECOMBINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) a combining of genes or characters different from what they were in the parents

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("recombination" is a kind of...):

combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

Derivation:

recombine (cause genetic recombination)

recombine (undergo genetic recombination)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(physics) a combining of charges or transfer of electrons in a gas that results in the neutralization of ions; important for ions arising from the passage of high-energy particles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("recombination" is a kind of...):

combine; combining (an occurrence that results in things being united)

Domain category:

natural philosophy; physics (the science of matter and energy and their interactions)

Derivation:

recombine (to combine or put together again)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This gene is involved in both DNA repair and V(D)J recombination.

(DCLRE1C Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene may play a role in the repair of DNA damage that is resolved by recombination.

(PALB2 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes RecQ-mediated genome instability protein 2, plays a role in the regulation of homologous recombination.

(C16orf75 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

B cell development begins with immunoglobulin gene somatic recombination and pre-B cell receptor expression.

(B-Cell Differentiation, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in cell cycle checkpoints and DNA recombination.

(ATR Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein may play roles in cell cycle checkpoints and the repair of damaged DNA resolved by recombination.

(Partner and Localizer of BRCA2, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein, is involved in double-stranded DNA break repair, homologous recombination and transcriptional regulation.

(BRCA2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Activation of the DBL oncogene is generated by 5-prime recombination with chromosome 3pter-p21 and by 3-prime recombination with chromosome 16p13-q22.

(Oncogene DBL, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of DNA repair that uses homologous recombination to resolve chromosomal double strand breaks.

(Break-Induced Replication, NCI Thesaurus)

As part of the p95/NBS1/p200/p400/MRE11/RAD50 and the BASC complexes, NBS1 participates in DNA repair and meiotic recombination.

(Nibrin, NCI Thesaurus)