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Etymology
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poly-
+
comb
, in reference to the
sex comb
.
Noun
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English
Wikipedia
has an article on:
Polycomb-group proteins
Wikipedia
polycomb
(
uncountable
)
(
biochemistry
)
A
protein
(or one of a larger group) whose function is to modify
gene
expression
via changes to
chromatin
Synonyms:
(
abbreviation
)
pc
,
PC
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trithorax