translocation
IPA: trænsɫoʊkˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- Removal of things from one place to another; displacement; substitution of one thing for another.
- (genetics) A transfer of a chromosomal segment to a new position, especially on a nonhomologous chromosome; the segment so transferred.
- (biochemistry) A transfer of a molecule through a membrane.
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Examples of "translocation" in Sentences
- Twin arginine translocation pathway.
- Mechanisms of membrane translocation.
- Retro translocation into the cytosol.
- The translocation has not occurred yet.
- Anthrax toxin assembly and translocation.
- They are a type of chromosomal translocation.
- This translocation is not a mere marker of APL.
- The failure of p65 translocation to the nucleus . . .
- A person with such a translocation is phenotypically normal.