transfrag

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Etymology[edit]

Shortening.

Noun[edit]

transfrag (plural transfrags)

  1. (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], →DOI:
      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).