Definition of replicon in English:
replicon
noun
BiologyA nucleic acid molecule, or part of one, which replicates as a unit, beginning at a specific site within it.
‘Nuclei have numerous replicons origins per chromosome, which can be replicated simultaneously - so replication time is mechanistically independent of genome size and can be far less than in bacteria.’- ‘This defective recovery of DNA replication suggests an inability to coordinate lesion bypass or to initiate new replicons.’
- ‘An important category of small replicons are the prophages, phages and other virus types.’
- ‘This small-scale patterning might result from different mutational biases on the leading and lagging strands, but only if replicon size in germ line cells were restricted to a few kilobases.’
- ‘A characteristic feature of the cellular response to ionizing radiation exposure is inhibition of replicon initiation.’
Pronunciation
Origin
1960s from replication+ -on.
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