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Glossary Term BAC
Definition Bacterial Artificial Chromosome. A type of cloning vector derived from the naturally-occurring F factor episome. A BAC can carry 100 - 200 kb of foreign DNA.

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last database update
04/16/2024
MGI 6.23
The Jackson Laboratory