transcription
pronunciation
How to pronounce transcription in British English:
UK [trænˈskrɪpʃn]
How to pronounce transcription in American English:
US [trænˈskrɪpʃn]
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- Noun:
- something written, especially copied from one medium to another, as a typewritten version of dictation
- (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
- a sound or television recording (e.g., from a broadcast to a tape recording)
- the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music
- the act of making a record (especially an audio record)
Word Origin
- transcription (n.)
- 1590s, from Middle French transcription, from Late Latin transcriptionem (nominative transcriptio), noun of action from past participle stem of transcribere (see transcribe). Biological sense is from 1961. Related: Transcriptional; transcriptionist.
Example
- 1. Each type of cell is thought to have a special set of transcription factors .
- 2. Such co-ordinated patterns suggest that a type of protein called a transcription factor is involved .
- 3. Myc encodes a protein called a transcription factor that is another part of the dna-regulation system .
- 4. Since 2006 researchers have been able to reprogram adult cells into an embryonic state , using proteins called transcription factors .
- 5. Information flow , like gene transcription and expression , plays a vital role in the evolution of civilization .