Term Name: | enhancer_trap_construct |
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Synonyms: | enhancer trap construct |
Definition: | An enhancer trap construct is a type of engineered plasmid which is designed to integrate into a genome and express a reporter when the expression from a basic minimal promoter is enhanced by genomic enhancer elements. Enhancer traps contain promoter elements and are not usually mutagenic. |
Ontology: | Sequence Ontology [SO:0001479] |