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- 1 Abbreviation of Encyclopedia of DNA Elements; a catalogue of all the functional elements, encoded in the human genome. abbreviation, alt-of
"2017, Franziska Denk, "Don’t let useful data go to waste", Nature, 543:7, 2 March 2017, doi:10.1038/543007a. Many scientists have used some of those resources, such as the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) launched by the US National Human Genome Research Institute."
- 1 An encoding operation.
"When each encode is finished a notification will appear on your screen to let you know it's completed […]"
- 1 To convert (plain text) into code. transitive
"encode a secret message to be sent"
- 2 convert information into code wordnet
- 3 To convert source information into another form. transitive
"The blotchy black mark she impresses on my hand will still be there tomorrow morning, a confused barcode, unsure of what exactly it encodes."
- 4 To constitute the code necessary for the biosynthesis of a protein by means of a matrix so as to transcribe DNA material.
"Berg, Jeremy M. with Tymoczko, John and Stryer, Lubert (2002), “RNA Synthesis and Splicing”, in Biochemistry, Fifth eidtion edition, W H Freeman and Company, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Dec 2009: “The ability of one gene to encode more than one distinct mRNA and, hence, more than one protein may play a key role in expanding the repertoire of our genomes.”"
Etymology
From en- + code.
From en- + code.
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