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repressor
[ ri-pres-er ]
/ rɪˈprɛs ər /
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noun
Genetics. a protein that binds DNA at an operator site and thereby prevents transcription of one or more adjacent genes.
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Words nearby repressor
repress, repressed, represser, repression, repressive, repressor, reprieval, reprieve, reprimand, reprint, reprisal
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How to use repressor in a sentence
In his principal work, the "Repressor of over much blaming of the Clergy," ed.
A Literary History of the English People|Jean Jules JusserandO repressor of foes, we will fight and either this one will slay us, or we shall slay him, O mighty-armed one.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 3 Pt. 2|Translated by Kisari Mohan Ganguli
British Dictionary definitions for repressor
repressor
/ (rɪˈprɛsə) /
noun
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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Scientific definitions for repressor
repressor
[ rÄ-prÄ•s′ər ]
A protein that binds to an operator, blocking transcription of an operon and the enzymes for which the operon codes.
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