replicon

See also: replicón and réplicon

English

Etymology

From replic(ate) +‎ -on.

Noun

replicon (plural replicons)

1. (genetics) A DNA molecule or a region of DNA that replicates as an individual unit. A replicon may be, for instance, a chromosome, a plasmid or a phage.
   • 1970, Michael Abercrombie, Jean Brachet, Thomas Joseph King, Advances in Morphogenesis - Volume 8, page 177:

     During cell division there is a probability that either or both of the master replicons will misreplicate and one of the daughter cells will be missing a master copy.

Derived terms

• interreplicon
• minireplicon
• multireplicon

Translations

DNA that replicates as an individual unit

Finnish: replikoni French: réplicon (fr) Indonesian: replikon Italian: replicone Polish: replikon m Portuguese: replicão, réplicon, replicon Spanish: replicón

See also

• cistron
• gene
• locus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• réplicon (Brazil)
• replicão (Portugal)

Noun

replicon m (plural replicons)

1. (genetics) replicon (region of DNA or RNA that replicates from a single origin)

Further reading

• “replicon”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “replicon”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025