Talk:Glossary of gene expression terms

=Goals= JetheroTalk 04:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) Define terms and link articles related to gene expression and gene expression analysis, but not terms that are relate to biology or molecular biology or bioinformatics or other broader topics.
 * 2) Remove jargon and jargon definitions from articles related to gene expression (and bioinformatics, systems biology, computational biology articles that use this jargon)
 * 3) Start a pattern for general 'science' jargon glossaries in a focused area
 * 4) Provide references for as many definitions as possible, with the primary goal, however, being to improve reader undersetanding of technical articles in this area

=Proposed Sources=

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JetheroTalk 04:55, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * MIAME?
 * Specific software applications and companies that helped define defacto standard terms (Resolver(MIAMI), Genespring, Affymetrix, Agilent)?
 * invididual publications?
 * online glossaries?
 * wiktionary?

Onling Glossaries

 * umn.edu JetheroTalk 05:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * nih.gov JetheroTalk 05:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * genome.gov JetheroTalk 05:01, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Expression Rate
I have run across the terms "expression rate" and "highly expressed" but could not, before my patience expired, google up an attempt to explain them (other than on an Intelligent Design web site, ironically). Are we talking about the rate at which a gene transcribes? How is it measured, in terms of complete transcriptions or amino acids or ...? What does it mean to be a "highly expressed" gene -- is there a quantitative threshold? What is a "negative expression rate"? AmigoNico (talk) 21:21, 14 March 2012 (UTC)