noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.
2. 2
   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.

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