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gene silencing

gene silencing noun: any mechanism or technique, either in nature or by human agency, by which the expression of a gene is either fully or almost fully prevented.

Noun

gene silencing (uncountable)

  1. Any mechanism or technique, either in nature or by human agency, by which the expression of a gene is either fully or almost fully prevented.

Questions about gene silencing

What does gene silencing mean?
Gene silencing means any mechanism or technique, either in nature or by human agency, by which the expression of a gene is either fully or almost fully prevented.
What part of speech is gene silencing?
Gene silencing is a noun.

Words near gene silencing in the dictionary

  1. gene gun
  2. gene pool
  3. gene pools
  4. gene product
  5. gene products
  6. gene silencing
  7. gene splicing
  8. gene splicings
  9. gene therapies
  10. gene therapy
  11. gene transcription

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