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cis-acting

cis-acting adjective: describing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes on the same chromosome.

Adjective

cis-acting (not comparable)

  1. Describing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes on the same chromosome.

Antonyms of cis-acting

Origin of cis-acting

From cis- + acting.

Questions about cis-acting

What does cis-acting mean?
Cis-acting means describing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes on the same chromosome.
What part of speech is cis-acting?
Cis-acting is an adjective.

Words near cis-acting in the dictionary

  1. cis persons
  2. cis privilege
  3. cis woman
  4. cis women
  5. cis-
  6. cis-acting
  7. cis-Atlantic
  8. cis-butenedioic acid
  9. cis-centric
  10. cis-centrism
  11. cis-diamminedichloroplatinum

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