Usually means: Increasing the expression of genes.
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  1. up-regulation: Wordnik
  2. up-regulation: Wiktionary
  3. up-regulation: Dictionary.com

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  1. Up-regulation: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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Similar:
upregulation, downregulation, upexpression, epiregulation, overexpression, regulator, derepression, gene expression, regulation, retroregulation, more...

Opposite:
down-regulation, decrease, lowering, deactivation

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Similar:
upregulation, downregulation, upexpression, epiregulation, overexpression, regulator, derepression, gene expression, regulation, retroregulation, more...

Opposite:
down-regulation, decrease, lowering, deactivation



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