ectopic expression evidence

Term ID

ECO:0000017

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. (2)

References

Ontology

Evidence Ontology