| downstream | computing dictionary |
Preferred term: upstream
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| downstream | medical dictionary |
1. <molecular biology> Portions of DNA or RNA that are more remote from the initiation sites and that will therefore be translated or transcribed later.
2. Shorthand term for things that happen at a late stage in a sequence of reactions.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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