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Definition of Transcription

1. Noun. Something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation.

2. Noun. (genetics) the organic process whereby the DNA sequence in a gene is copied into mRNA; the process whereby a base sequence of messenger RNA is synthesized on a template of complementary DNA.

3. Noun. A sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording).

4. Noun. The act of arranging and adapting a piece of music.

5. Noun. The act of making a record (especially an audio record). "She watched the recording from a sound-proof booth"

Definition of Transcription

1. n. The act or process of transcribing, or copying; as, corruptions creep into books by repeated transcriptions.

Definition of Transcription

1. Noun. The act or process of transcribing. ¹

2. Noun. Something that has been transcribed, including: ¹

3. Noun. (genetics) The synthesis of RNA under the direction of DNA. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Transcription

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Transcription

1. Synthesis of RNA by RNA polymerases using a DNA template. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Transcription

transcreation transcreations transcribable transcribbler transcribblers transcribe transcribed transcriber transcribers transcribes

transcribing transcript transcriptase transcriptases transcripted transcription (current term) transcription factor transcription factor ap-1 transcription factors transcription unit

transcriptional transcriptional control transcriptional silencing transcriptionally transcriptionist transcriptionists transcriptions transcriptive transcriptome transcriptomes

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