enhancer_trap_construct [SO_0001479]

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.

enhancer_trap_construct

ID: SO_0001479

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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.

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