Medical Definition of Overlapping gene

1. Different genes whose nucleotide coding sequences overlap to some extent. The common nucleotide sequence is read in two or three different reading frames thus specifying different polypeptides. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Overlapping Gene

overlading
overlaid
overlain
overlaminate
overlaminates
overland
overlander
overlanders
overlands
overlanguaged
overlap
overlap hybridization
overlap index
overlapped
overlapping
overlapping gene (current term)
overlapping reading frame
overlappingly
overlappings
overlaps
overlard
overlards
overlarge
overlargeness
overlash
overlashed
overlashes
overlashing
overlashings
overlate

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