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1. Upstream
   [bioprocess] The upstream part of a bioprocess refers to the first step in which biomolecules are grown, usually by bacterial or mammalian cell lines (see Cell culture), in bioreactors. When they reach the desired density (for batch and fed batch cultures) they are harvested and moved to the downstream section of the bioprocess. ...
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2. Upstream
   [petroleum industry] The oil and gas industry is usually divided into three major components: Upstream, midstream and downstream, though midstream operations are usually included in the downstream category. The upstream oil sector is a term commonly used to refer to the searching for and the...
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3. Upstream
   In geography, upstream literally means towards the source of a stream or river, or against the normal direction of water flow. Upstream is the opposite of downstream. It may also refer to: == Molecular biology == == Media == == Computer science == == Other == ...
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4. Upstream
   [software development] In software development, upstream refers to a direction toward the original authors or maintainers of software that is distributed as source code, and is a qualification of either a bug or a patch. For example, a patch sent upstream is offered to the original authors o...
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5. Upstream
   The region extending in a 5' direction from a gene.
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6. upstream
   [adj] - in the direction against a stream`s current 2. [adv] - against the current
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7. Upstream
   The process of developing oil fields, exploring for oil, and producing oil from oil fields. Downstream is the opposite of upstream.
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8. Upstream
   Term used widely in interactive TV (iTV terms) to refer to the signal pathway from the home to the service provider (e.g. cable operator). This will usually have lower bandwidth demands than the downstream signal pathway from the service provider to the home.
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9. Upstream
   Transfer speed of data from client to server across a connecting network (e.g. telephone wire). Opposite of Downstream
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10. Upstream
    In the oil and gas industries, exploration and production as opposed to downstream refining and distribution....more on Upstream
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11. Upstream
    Generic term that includes oil and gas production facilities; pipelines; gas processing and liquefied natural gas production facilities and receiving terminals. Can be on or offshore based.
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12. Upstream
    In the opposite direction to flow towards a given point of reference (Against the flow of water from a given point of reference).
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13. Upstream
    In the opposite direction to flow towards a given point of reference (against the flow of water from a given point of reference).
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14. Upstream
    the exploration and production portions of the oil and gas industry.
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15. Upstream
    In the opposite direction to flow towards a given point of reference (Against the flow of water from a given point of reference).
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16. upstream
    pertaining to locations on the tape longitudinally displaced from a given reference point in the opposite direction to the tape motion Category: Electrical engineering and energy • The direction along the roadway from which the vehicle flow under consideration has come.(Highway Capacity ...
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17. upstream
    Refers to nucleotide sequences that precede the codons specifying the mRNA or that precede (are on the 5' side of) the protein-coding sequence. Also used of the early events in any process that involves sequential reactions.
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18. upstream
    <molecular biology> Refers to nucleotide sequences that precede the codons specifying the mRNA or that precede (are on the 5' side of) the protein coding sequence. Also used of the early events in any process that involves sequential reactions. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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19. upstream
    adjective in the direction against a stream`s current
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20. upstream
    (up´strēm) in molecular biology, a term used to denote a region of nucleic acid to the 5´ side of a gene or region of interest.
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21. Upstream
    • (adv.) Toward the higher part of a stream; against the current.
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22. Upstream
    A relative term indicating the direction opposite to that in which the protons travel in that portion of the accelerator.
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23. upstream
    pertaining to locations on the tape longitudinally displaced from a given reference point in the opposite direction to tape motion
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24. upstream
    Type: Term Pronunciation: ŭp′strēm Definitions: 1. Refers to nucleic acid base sequences proceeding the opposite direction from expression.
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25. upstream
    (networking) Fewer network hops away from a backbone or hub. For example, a small ISP that connects to the Internet through a larger ISP that has their own connection to the backbone is downstream from the larger ISP, and the larger ISP is upstream from the smaller ISP. (1999-08-05)
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