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• a variation of represser.

repressor

American  

[ri-pres-er] / rɪˈprɛs ər /

noun

1. represser.

2. Genetics. a protein that binds DNA at an operator site and thereby prevents transcription of one or more adjacent genes.

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repressor British  

/ rɪˈprɛsə /

noun

1. biochem a protein synthesized under the control of a repressor gene, which has the capacity to bind to the operator gene and thereby shut off the expression of the structural genes of an operon

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repressor Scientific  

/ rĭ-prĕs′ər /

1. A protein that binds to an operator, blocking transcription of an operon and the enzymes for which the operon codes.

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Etymology

Origin of repressor

From Latin, dating back to 1955–60; see origin at repress, -tor

Example Sentences

Reginald Pecock, Bishop of St. Asaph and of Chichester: published, in 1449, "The Repressor of Overmuch Blaming of the Clergy."

From English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction by Coppee, Henry

His work which laid him open to it, “The Repressor of overmuch blaming of the Clergy,” has lately been edited with an instructive preface by Mr. Churchill Babington.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey