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Cis-acting

Definition
AI-generated

Regulatory effect on *linked* sequences on the same DNA molecule (promoters, enhancers).

Topics
Molecular biology
Related
Cis Regulatory Element Trans Acting Expression Quantitative Trait Locus

Why it matters in GWAS

GWAS hits are interpreted through gene structure, regulation, and variant consequence; molecular vocabulary connects association statistics to mechanism.

Example usage

"The strongest signal was cis-acting, with variants close to the gene showing the largest expression effects."

Cis Regulatory Element Trans Acting Expression Quantitative Trait Locus
Related-term network

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Node order. The current term is first. Next come every page linked from Related terms, in the same top-to-bottom order as that list. Then new terms appear in two-hop layers: for each of those direct neighbors (in that same order), their related terms are appended if not already listed. A third pass does the same for two-hop nodes. The walk stops when a fixed maximum number of nodes is reached.

References

  • Griffiths AJF, et al. (2015). An Introduction to Genetic Analysis. W. H. Freeman.
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