transfrag
English
editEtymology
editShortening.
Noun
edittransfrag (plural transfrags)
- (genetics) A transcribed fragment (of DNA)
- 2015 September 15, “Evolution of the Antisense Overlap between Genes for Thyroid Hormone Receptor and Rev-erbα and Characterization of an Exonic G-Rich Element That Regulates Splicing of TRα2 mRNA”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- A single consensus transfrag covers the entire TRα1 coding sequence (exons 2–9), and two non-overlapping transfrags cover all but 25 nt of the Rev-erbα coding sequence (exons 1–8).