gene : Idioms & Phrases

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dominant gene

  • noun gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical
    • the dominant gene for brown eyes
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gene chip

  • noun a microchip that holds DNA probes that form half of the DNA double helix and can recognize DNA from samples being tested
    DNA chip.
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gene delivery vector

  • noun a vector for delivering genes into cells
    transducing vector.
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gene expression

  • noun conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein
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gene kelly

  • noun United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)
    Kelly; Eugene Curran Kelly.
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gene linkage

  • noun (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)
    linkage.
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gene mutation

  • noun (genetics) a mutation due to an intramolecular reorganization of a gene
    point mutation.
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gene sarazen

  • noun United States golfer who was first to win all four major golf tournaments (1902-1999)
    Sarazen.
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gene tunney

  • noun United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship by defeating Jack Dempsey twice (1898-1978)
    Tunney; James Joseph Tunney.
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gene-splicing

  • noun the technology of preparing recombinant DNA in vitro by cutting up DNA molecules and splicing together fragments from more than one organism
    genetic engineering; recombinant DNA technology.
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holandric gene

  • noun a gene located on a Y chromosome
    holandric gene.
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homeobox gene

  • noun one of various similar homeotic genes that are involved in bodily segmentation during embryonic development
    homeobox.
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homeotic gene

  • noun one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
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jumping gene

  • noun a segment of DNA that can become integrated at many different sites along a chromosome (especially a segment of bacterial DNA that can be translocated as a whole)
    transposon.
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lethal gene

  • noun any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
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linked genes

  • noun any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together
    linkage group.
    • the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups
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modifier gene

  • noun a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene
    modifier.
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mutant gene

  • noun a gene that has changed so that the normal transmission and expression of a trait is affected
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operator gene

  • noun a gene that activates the production of messenger RNA by adjacent structural genes
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recessive gene

  • noun gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
    • the recessive gene for blue eyes
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regulator gene

  • noun a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
    regulator gene.
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regulatory gene

  • noun a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
    regulator gene.
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repressor gene

  • noun gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed
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seltzo-gene

Selt"zo-gene noun
Etymology
Seltzer water + the root of Gr. to be born.
Definitions
  1. A gazogene.
Webster 1913

structural gene

  • noun a gene that controls the production of a specific protein or peptide
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suppresser gene

  • noun a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
    suppresser; suppressor; suppresser gene.
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suppressor gene

  • noun a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
    suppresser; suppressor; suppresser gene.
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transforming gene

  • noun a gene that disposes normal cells to change into cancerous tumor cells
    oncogene.
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tumor suppressor gene

  • noun a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division
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x-linked gene

  • noun a gene located on an X chromosome
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y-linked gene

  • noun a gene located on a Y chromosome
    holandric gene.
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