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the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence" the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet" hush: cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!" muteness: a refusal to speak when expected; "his silence about my contribution was surprising" secrecy: the trait of keeping things secret keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"
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| silencer |
short tube attached to the muzzle of a gun that deadens the sound of firing a tubular acoustic device inserted in the exhaust system that is designed to reduce noise
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| silencer |
A DNA sequence that helps to reduce or shut off the expression of a nearby gene.
Ãâó: www.fao.org/docrep/003/X3910E/X3910E22.htm
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A cis-acting RNA sequence in an exon (ESS) or intron (ISS) on which a complex, often containing heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins, assembles to repress the use of a splice site.
Ãâó: www.nature.com/nrm/journal/v6/n5/glossary/nrm1645_...
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The cis regulatory element that reduces transcription of a gene.
Ãâó: www.kumc.edu/gec/gloss.html
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