Chromosomes, Artificial, Mammalian

MAC (Chromosome); MACs (Chromosomes); Artificial Chromosome, Mammalian; Chromosome, Mammalian Artificial; Mammalian Artificial Chromosome
DNA constructs that are composed of, at least, all elements, such as a REPLICATION ORIGIN; TELOMERE; and CENTROMERE, that are required for successful replication, propagation to and maintainance in progeny mammalian cells. In addition, they are constructed to carry other sequences for analysis or gene transfer.