Meanings
adverbscarlessly (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout leaving a scar
A secondary recombination event was employed to expel the deletion construct with a customized commercial gBlock (IDT, San Jose, CA) comprised of the upstream/downstream sequences directly flanking the gene of interest, thereby scarlessly excising the gene of interest.
2015 August 26, “CRP-Mediated Carbon Catabolite Regulation of Yersinia pestis Biofilm Formation Is Enhanced by the Carbon Storage Regulator Protein, CsrA”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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scarlessly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarlessly
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“scarlessly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarlessly. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scarlessly,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scarlessly.
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