DOWNSTREAM - Definition

Pronunciation:		'dawn'streem
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[adv] away from the source or with the current [adj] in the direction of a stream's current

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	Synonyms:	downriver

	Antonyms:	upriver, upstream, upstream


Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Down"stream`\, adv. Down the stream; as, floating downstream.

Computing Dictionary

	Definition:	upstream

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	Any area away from a gene, but on the same strand of DNA, that is located past the gene if one moves along the strand in a 5'-3' direction (the normal direction of transcription and leading strand replication).

Glossary

	Definition:	The region extending in a 3' direction from a gene.