down
stream
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in the direction of or further along the flow of a current
- The debris floated downstream after the storm.
- They paddled their canoe downstream to the campsite.
- The pollution spread downstream, affecting nearby villages.
- The fish swam downstream to reach the calmer waters.
- He followed the river downstream to find the waterfall.
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toward or located at a later point in a genetic sequence where transcription occurs after a specific reference
- The signal was detected downstream from the transcription start site.
- The researchers analyzed sequences downstream of the start codon.
- A termination signal was identified downstream in the genetic material.
- The binding site lies downstream from the regulatory element.
- The transcription factors influence regions downstream of the gene.