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Compare intragenic suppression. The situation where a primary gene and the gene that suppresses it do not lie in the same chromosomal locus.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
intergenic suppression
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intergenic suppression — intergenic suppression. См. экстрагенная супрессия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
intergenic — in·ter·ge·nic jē nik adj occurring between genes: involving more than one gene <intergenic suppression> <intergenic change> … Medical dictionary
suppression — 1. Deliberately excluding from conscious thought. Cf.:repression. 2. Arrest of the secretion of a fluid, such as urine or bile. Cf.:retention (2). 3. Checking of an abnormal flow or discharge, as in s. of a hemorrhage … Medical dictionary
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suppressor mutation — a mutation that partially or completely masks phenotypic expression of another (primary) mutation but occurs at a different site from it (i.e., causes suppression); it may be intragenic or intergenic. The term is used particularly to describe a… … Medical dictionary
