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(genetic biology)

Grammar: verb
verb forms: expresses, expressed, expressing
Definition: to be active in the production of a protein or a phenotype. Gene expression is the process by which a gene's coded information is converted into the structures present and operating in the cell.
Example:
1. Cells often respond to stimuli by regulating the genes that they express.

2. The DNA encoding a single polypeptide is often separated into discrete portions by intervening non-expressed DNA.
Related Word: expression (noun)
Related Compound: gene expression