gei1 bun2 zyun3 luk6 jan1 zi2基本轉錄因子基本转录因子
Jyutpinggei1 bun2 zyun3 luk6 jan1 zi2
Yalegēi bún jyun luhk yān jí
Definition
Basal transcription factor.
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How it's used
This term is a technical scientific label used in biology and genetics. It is almost exclusively found in academic or professional contexts rather than casual conversation. When discussing it in a lab setting, speakers often shorten it to 轉錄因子 if the context of basal transcription is already established.
Examples
This experiment requires the use of basal transcription factors.
Do you know how basal transcription factors work?
Common phrases
basal transcription factor complex
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Grammar guides
- Directional complementsThe small words added after a verb to show direction of movement, like up, down, out, in, and back. Common in everyday Cantonese.
- DemonstrativesThis and that with 呢 and 嗰, the personal pronouns, and how 哋 turns I, you, and he into we, you all, and they.
- Resultative complementsSticking a result word onto a verb to show how it turned out, like eat until full or look and find. A productive everyday pattern.
