YAC
YAC stands for yeast artificial chromosome, a vector (carrier) created and used in the laboratory to clone pieces of DNA. A YAC is constructed from the telomeric, centromeric, and replication origin sequences needed for replication in yeast cells. (The telomere is the end of the chromosome; the centromere is the chromosome region to which spindle fibers attach during cell division; and the replication origin sequences are the spots where the replication of DNA starts.)
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Abbreviation for
yeast artificial chromosomes, under chromosome.
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yeast artificial chromosome
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YAC abbr yeast artificial chromosome
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yeast artificial chromosome.
Medical dictionary.
2011.