underexpressed

English

Etymology

under- +‎ expressed

Adjective

underexpressed (comparative more underexpressed, superlative most underexpressed)

  1. (genetics) Not expressed to the usual or expected degree
    • 2005, Francesca Ruffino et al., “Biological Specifications for a Synthetic Gene Expression Data Generation Model”, in Bloch et al., editors, Fuzzy Logic and Applications‎, →ISBN, page 281:
      These genes may be overexpressed and underexpressed with respect to the other genes and with respect to a particular condition.

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