(sometimes proscribed) Alternative spelling of cis woman

Alternative form of cister

plural of cis-ter

Alternative form of cissplain

(chemistry) Either of a pair of geometric isomers, one having the cis- and one having the trans- configuration.

(chemistry) A form of isomerism in which, in one isomer two atoms or groups are on the same side of the plane of a double bond or ring, whereas in the other isomer they are on opposite sides; these are cis- and trans- isomers, respectively.

plural of cis-trans isomer

Former, late.

A repressor found in λ phage (a bacteriophage that particularly infects the human digestive bacteria, E. coli) which turns off genetic transcription at the phage's L and R promoters, and thus prevents multiple phages from infecting a single host.

plural of cI protein