cys

cys is the alternative form of cis.

Meaning of cis

cis (not comparable)

Having two mutations on two genes on the same chromosome of a homologous pair.
Of the side of the Golgi apparatus nearer to the endoplasmic reticulum.
(physical) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a double bond in which the greater radical on both ends is on the same side of the bond.
- 9 is thought to survive longer when the CH = CH bond is cis and to favour the formation of another cis double bond in a propagation reaction involving its displacement by monomer. 10, on the other hand, is more likely to yield a trans double bond […]1984, American Chemical Society. Division of Polymer Chemistry, Papers Presented at the ... Meeting
(physical) In (or constituting, forming, or describing) a coordination compound in which the two instances of a particular ligand are adjacent to each other.
- The cis effect is the labilization of ligands which are cis to certain other ligands.

cis (not comparable)

Cisgender (or sometimes cissexual): not trans (transgender or transsexual) nor non-binary.
- We're demonized and criminalized as perverts out to trick and deceive cis hetero men; therefore anything that happens to us, we 'had coming.'2017 November 21, Trish Bendix, quoting Ashlee Marie Preston, “Why it matters that transgender women are speaking out about Jeffrey Tambor — and that people are listening”, in Yahoo! Lifestyle

CYs

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