| Term Name: | ectopic expression evidence |
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| Synonyms: | analysis of overexpression/ectopic expression phenotype |
| Definition: | A type of experimental phenotypic evidence where a transgenic strain carrying the construct of a promoter cDNA fusion in which a gene of interest is driven by a defined promoter or enhancer is ectopically expressed in the defined pattern to characterize potential cellular properties and functions of a protein of interest. |
| Ontology: | Evidence Ontology [ECO:0000017] |