A circular structure formed as an intermediate in replicative transposition, consisting of a donor chromosome, plasmid, or other replicon fused to a recipient replicon by two copies of a transposon, one at each junction.
Origin
1970s. From co- + integrate.
Definition of cointegrate in US English:
cointegrate
nounkəʊˈɪntɪɡrət
A circular structure formed as an intermediate in replicative transposition, consisting of a donor chromosome, plasmid, or other replicon fused to a recipient replicon by two copies of a transposon, one at each junction.