Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial definition

Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial
BAC (Chromosome); BACs (Chromosomes); Chromosomes, Bacterial Artificial; Artificial Chromosome, Bacterial; Bacterial Artificial Chromosome; Chromosome, Bacterial Artificial
DNA constructs that are composed of, at least, a REPLICATION ORIGIN, for successful replication, propagation to and maintainance as an extra chromosome in bacteria. In addition, they can carry large amounts (about 200 kilobases) of other sequence for a variety of bioengineering purposes.