reporter gene
noun
re·port·er gene
ri-ˈpōrt-ər-, -ˈpȯrt-
: a gene often of prokaryotic origin that produces a product easily detected in eukaryotic cells and that is used as a marker to determine the activity of another gene with which its DNA has been closely linked or combined
called also reporter
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