PAC (CURRENT_RELEASE) |
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| SO Accession: | SO:0000154 (SOWiki) |
| Definition: | The P1-derived artificial chromosome are DNA constructs that are derived from the DNA of P1 bacteriophage. They can carry large amounts (about 100-300 kilobases) of other sequences for a variety of bioengineering purposes. It is one type of vector used to clone DNA fragments (100- to 300-kb insert size; average, 150 kb) in Escherichia coli cells. |
| Synonyms: | P1, P1 artificial chromosome |
| DB Xrefs: | URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P1-derived_artificial_chromosome |
| Parent: | vector_replicon (SO:0000440) |
| Child: | PAC_end (SO:0001480) |
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