flox

See also: FLOX

English

Abbreviation of "flanked by loxP"

flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)

(molecular biology) To sandwich a DNA sequence between two recombinase binding sequences such as "loxP"
- 2003, Louis-Marie Houdebine, Animal Transgenesis and Cloning‎, →ISBN, page 93:
  In order to do this, the gene to knock out must first be floxed by homologous recombination.
- 2007, Curt D. Sigmund & David E. Stec, “Genetic Manipulation of the Renin-Angiotensin System Using Cre-loxP-Recombinase”, in Donna H. Wang, editor, Angiotensin Protocols‎, →ISBN, page 62:
  Technically, the main problems encountered are in floxing the target gene.

flox (uncountable)

flox (third-person singular simple present floxes, present participle floxing, simple past and past participle floxed)

(astronautics, transitive, dated) To add fluorine to liquid-oxygen rocket fuel
- 1965, Samuel Glasstone, Sourcebook on the Space Sciences‎, page 94:
  It is to be tried in the so-called floxed Atlas, with the usual kerosene type fuel.

flox m (invariable)

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