Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to transcription: as, transcriptional errors.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
transcription , especially to the transcription ofgenetic information
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Examples
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Furthermore, your structure of RNA polymerase II is the basis for the next generation of research to determine the precise role of all transcription factors in transcriptional regulation.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2006 - Presentation Speech 2006
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My thesis project derived from Jim's interests in transcriptional regulation.
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PRDM14 was previously known as a transcriptional repressor-when it bound to certain genes, it turned off their expression.
Ars Technica Diana Gitig 2010
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The work also reveals a general role for this mechanism in gene control, which is called transcriptional pause release.
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In the study, Anna K. Mapp and colleagues discusses molecules that cause genes to be active and churn out proteins - so-called transcriptional activators.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009
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Molecules that can prompt genes to be active are called transcriptional activators because they influence transcription --- the first step in the process through which instructions coded in genes are used to produce proteins.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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Professor Gerald Shulman and his co-workers report that a gene called transcriptional coactivator PPAR-gamma coactivator-1 beta (PGC-1b) appears to play a central role in the development of insulin resistance.
DairyReporter RSS 2009
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Professor Gerald Shulman and his co-workers report that a gene called transcriptional coactivator PPAR-gamma coactivator-1 beta (PGC-1b) appears to play a central role in the development of insulin resistance.
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Professor Gerald Shulman and his co-workers report that a gene called transcriptional coactivator PPAR-gamma coactivator-1 beta (PGC-1b) appears to play a central role in the development of insulin resistance.
FoodNavigator RSS 2009
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Gene regulation involves specialized DNA sequences called transcriptional enhancers that increase the expression of genes in specific places and times.
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