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regulatory gene

or regulator gene

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noun Genetics.

any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.

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Nearby words

regulative, regulator, regulator gene, regulator pin, regulatory, regulator gene, regulatory risk, regulatory sequence, reguline, regulo, regulus

Origin of regulatory gene

First recorded in 1960–65

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Medicine definitions for regulator gene

regulator gene

[ rĕg′yə-lā′tər ]

n.

A gene that causes the production of a protein that represses the activity of another gene in an operon.

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