| 单词 | reporter gene |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreporter gene reporter gene n. Biochemistry a gene whose activity can readily be monitored (typically by measurement of its product), and which is affected by or linked to a genetic element under investigation (gene, promoter, etc.) to provide information about its function or behaviour. ΚΠ 1984 Gene 32 191/2 A collection of..fragments from the genome..was obtained, and their relative promoter efficiencies were determined by assaying the activity of CAT, the reporter gene product. 1989 B. Alberts et al. Molecular Biol. Cell (ed. 2) x. 565 A series of mutated versions of the enhancer sequence can be joined to a reporter gene whose product is easily measured, so that the effect of each mutation on transcription can be measured. 2007 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. (Washington Final ed.) d3/1 Another important variation is to tag a normal gene with a so-called reporter gene that causes a visible color change in all cells where the normal gene is switched on. < as lemmas |
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