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repressor

[ri-pres-er]
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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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Origin of repressor

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

represser

or re·pres·sor

[ri-pres-er]
noun
  1. a person or thing that represses.
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Origin of represser

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at repress, -er1
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  • In his principal work, the "Repressor of over much blaming of the Clergy," ed.

    A Literary History of the English People

    Jean Jules Jusserand

British Dictionary definitions for repressor

repressor

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 in Medicine

repressor

(rĭ-prĕs′ər)
n.
  1. One that represses.
  2. A protein, especially either of two proteins produced by regulatory genes, that blocks transcription of an operon.
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repressor in Science

repressor

[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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