cistrome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

cistrome cistromes

Etymology

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

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