Phrase guide

gene expression

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA and thus into a protein; it may be lesser or greater depending on many epigenetic factors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

conversion of the information encoded in a gene first into messenger RNA and then to a protein

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: organic phenomenon

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تعبير جيني — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Armenian: գեների էքսպրեսիա (generi ēkʻspresia) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Basque: gene-adierazpen — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Bengali: বংশাণু অভিব্যক্তি (boṅśanu obhibbokti) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Bulgarian: генна експресия (genna ekspresija) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Catalan: expressió gènica — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Chinese: 遺傳子表達 /遗传子表达 (ûi-thoân-chú piáu-ta̍t) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Chinese Mandarin: 基因表達 /基因表达 (jjyīn biǎodá) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Dutch: genexpressie — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Esperanto: genesprimo — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Estonian: geeniekspressioon — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Finnish: geeniekspressio — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Finnish: geenin ilmentyminen — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • French: expression génique — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • French: expression génétique — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • French: expression des gènes — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Galician: expresión xénica — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • German: Genexpression — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Greek: γονιδιακή έκφραση (gonidiakí ékfrasi) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Hindi: जीन व्यवहार (jīn vyavhār) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Indonesian: ekspresi gen — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Italian: espressione genica — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Japanese: 遺伝子発現 — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Kazakh: геннің экспрессиясы (gennıñ ékspressiäsy) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Macedonian: генска експресија (genska ekspresija) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Malay: pengekspresan gen — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Norwegian: genuttrykk — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Occitan: expression genica — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Persian: بیان ژن — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Portuguese: expressão génica — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Romanian: exprimare genetică — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Russian: экспре́ссия ге́нов (ekspréssija génov) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Serbo-Croatian: genski izražaj — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Spanish: expresión génica — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Swedish: genuttryck — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Tamil: மரபணு வெளிப்பாடு (marapaṇu veḷippāṭu) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Thai: การแสดงออกของยีน — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Turkish: gen ifadesi — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Ukrainian: експресія генів (ekspresija heniv) — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA
  • Vietnamese: biểu hiện gen — transcription and translation of a gene into messenger RNA