transcription

American  

[tran-skrip-shuhn] / trænˈskrɪp ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of transcribing.

2. something transcribed.

3. a transcript; copy.

4. Music.

   1. the arrangement of a composition for a medium other than that for which it was originally written.

   2. a composition so arranged.

5. Radio and Television. a recording made especially for broadcasting.

6. Genetics. the process by which genetic information on a strand of DNA is used to synthesize a strand of complementary RNA.

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transcription British  

/ trænˈskrɪpʃən /

noun

1. the act or an instance of transcribing or the state of being transcribed

2. something transcribed

3. a representation in writing of the actual pronunciation of a speech sound, word, or piece of continuous text, using not a conventional orthography but a symbol or set of symbols specially designated as standing for corresponding phonetic values

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transcription Scientific  

/ trăn-skrĭp′shən /

1. The process in a cell by which genetic material is copied from a strand of DNA to a complementary strand of RNA (called messenger RNA). In eukaryotes, transcription takes place in the nucleus before messenger RNA is transported to the ribosomes for protein synthesis.

2. Compare translation

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Other Word Forms

• mistranscription noun
• nontranscription noun
• nontranscriptive adjective
• pretranscription noun
• retranscription noun
• transcriptional adjective
• transcriptionally adverb
• transcriptive adjective
• transcriptively adverb
• transscriptionist noun

Etymology

Origin of transcription

First recorded in 1590–1600, transcription is from the Latin word trānscrīptiōn- (stem of trānscrīptiō ). See transcript, -ion

Example Sentences

One of the most influential discoveries associated with his work involves the transcription factor ΔFosB.

From Science Daily

In total, the team evaluated transcription from more than 50,000 single cells to identify hypothalamic cell populations that express FGF19 receptors.

From Science Daily

The transcription process, meanwhile, poses risks of its own.

From The Wall Street Journal

According to the authors, these moments of instability make transcription start sites especially vulnerable during the rapid cell divisions that occur shortly after conception.

From Science Daily

Roeder originally discovered Pol II, and it often works together with the Mediator complex, a large coactivator made up of 30 subunits, to initiate the first steps of transcription.

From Science Daily

Related Words

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• copy
• facsimile
• imitation
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• replica
• replication