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cistrome

cistrome noun: the set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.

Noun

cistrome (plural cistromes)

  1. The set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.
  2. A map of all locations effected by the estrogen receptor.

Forms of cistrome

pluralcistromes

Origin of cistrome

From cis + trans + -ome. Coined by investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Technologies.

Words formed from cistrome

Questions about cistrome

What does cistrome mean?
Cistrome means the set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.
What part of speech is cistrome?
Cistrome is a noun.
What is the plural of cistrome?
The plural of cistrome is cistromes.

Words near cistrome in the dictionary

  1. cistinexine
  2. cistocardin
  3. cistophori
  4. cistophoric
  5. cistophorus
  6. cistrome
  7. cistromes
  8. cistromic
  9. cistromics
  10. cistron
  11. cistronic

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