reporter gene

British

noun

a gene with an easily recognizable phenotype, used in analysing the regulation of gene structures

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For example, the interacting proteins have to allow the two halves of the transcription factor to reunite, and the proteins must be able to reach the nucleus to activate the reporter gene.

From Nature ● Apr. 11, 2012

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