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cistrome

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cistrome
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.

noun

A map of all locations effected by the estrogen receptor.

Etymology

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

Inflected Forms

cistromes (plural)

Derived Forms

cistromic cistromics subcistrome

Questions

What does cistrome mean?
The set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.
Where does cistrome come from?
From cis + trans + -ome. Coined by investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Technologies.

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