chimera

Introduction

In embryology:

• the individual produced by grafting of an embryonic part of one organism onto the embryo of another

In biochemistry:

• a fusion protein in which 2 different proteins are linked via peptide bonds, usually through genetic engineering
• fusion of 2 genes not normally fused via chromosomal translocation
  • p160bcr gene with c-abl in the Philadelphia chromosome associated with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML)

More general terms

• biochemistry