Fusion Protein

**Semantic type:** Amino Acid, Peptide, or Protein

**Definition:** A protein in which the coding region of two genes have become in-frame and co-continuous. Fusion proteins can be formed by chromosomal breakage and/or recombination and also can be experimentally created using recombinant DNA techniques.

**Synonyms:** - Chimera Protein - Chimeric Protein - fusion protein