misexpressionn.
/ˌmɪsᵻkˈsprɛʃn/, /ˌmɪsɛkˈsprɛʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɪsɪkˈsprɛʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmɪsɛkˈsprɛʃ(ə)n/ 1. Incorrect expression; an instance of this. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > misinterpretation > [noun] > wrong expression
misexpression1646
misexpressiveness1815
1646 J. Goodwin Anapologesiates Antapologias 34 You should then have done well to have made your words commensurable to your meaning, and not have tempted your Reader to a misprision of the one, by a misexpression of the other.
a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) II. 221 Impute his neglect..to misconception, or misexpression, or forgetfulness.
2. Genetics. The process or result of altering a gene so as to change its associated character in a phenotype; the incorrect expression of a gene in a phenotype.
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1988 Nature 23 June 737/1 By using such genetically-engineered Drosophila strains with cell-specific misexpression of particular opsin genes, we are now in a position to study the photochemical and physiological properties of these minor visual pigments.
1988 Molecular & Cellular Biol. 8 4826/1 It is frequently found that a foreign gene is correctly expressed in transgenic mice... Misexpression is most often observed with hybrid genes like the BS6-tk fusion gene described here.
1990 Glycobiol. 1 39/1 The results provide evidence that the mis-expression of glycosyltransferases can be used to interfere with the normal pattern of glycosylation in whole organisms.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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