Usually means: Inhibition of gene expression activity.
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  1. gene silencing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. gene-silencing: Wordnik
  3. gene silencing: Wiktionary
  4. Gene silencing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Gene silencing, Silencing, gene: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  3. Gene silencing, Silencing, gene: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (gene silencing)

noun:  (genetics) Any mechanism or technique, either in nature or by human agency, by which the expression of a gene is either fully or almost fully prevented.

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