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Trans-regulatory element

Definition
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Factor influencing expression from another genomic location—often summarized in trans-eQTL mapping.

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

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 methods section includes Trans-regulatory element to support interpretation of the primary findings."

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

Click any node to open that term page.

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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