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bacterial artificial chromosome
bac·te·ri·al ar·ti·fi·cial chro·mo·some


noun 
Definition:
 
foreign DNA inserted in bacterium: a sequence of DNA taken from another organism and expressed in a bacterium to reveal its function
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