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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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Origin of repressor

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