gene transcription

noun

The copying of DNA segments into RNA, by RNA polymerase, as the first stage of gene expression.

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Meanings

noungene transcription (countable and uncountable, plural gene transcriptions)

plural gene transcriptions

  1. countableuncountablebiochemistryThe copying of DNA segments into RNA, by RNA polymerase, as the first stage of gene expression.
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