"blue-white screen" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blue-white screens [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} blue-white screen (plural blue-white screens)
  1. (biology) A screening technique for the rapid detection of recombinant bacteria in vector-based molecular cloning experiments. DNA of interest is ligated into a vector, which is then inserted into a host cell; these are grown in the presence of X-gal. Cells transformed with vectors containing recombinant DNA will produce white colonies; cells transformed with non-recombinant plasmids (i.e. only the vector) grow into blue colonies. Wikipedia link: blue-white screen Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-blue-white_screen-en-noun-pXtXBhTN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biology, natural-sciences

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