noun
immediate early gene; IEG
Technical term in molecular biology for genes activated rapidly and transiently in response to cellular stimuli.
即時型遺伝子は、細胞外からの刺激に応答して速やかに発現する。
Immediate early genes are expressed rapidly in response to extracellular stimuli.
Compound of 即時型 (immediate-type) and 遺伝子 (gene), a calque of the English term 'immediate early gene'.