English
Etymology
This term was coined by investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Technologies, from the words cis (DNA segment) and ome (Greek word for manager)
Noun
en-noun
- microbiology The set of DNA segements (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale.
- microbiology A map of all locations effected by the estrogen receptor.
This allowed the researchers to identify all the points in the genome where binding with the ER takes place.
References
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Press Release, October 2, 2006.
http://cistrome.pbwiki.com
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