downstream

downstream
down·stream .dau̇n-'strēm adv or adj in the same direction along a molecule of DNA or RNA as that in which transcription and translation take place and toward the end having a hydroxyl group attached to the position labeled 3' in the terminal nucleotide <a nucleotide sequence located \downstream from the regulatory gene> <effects on the expression of \downstream genes> compare UPSTREAM

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down·stream (dounґstrēm) in molecular biology, a term used to denote a region of DNA or RNA that is located to the 3′ side of a gene or region of interest.

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