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transactivate

[tran-sak-tuh-veyt, -zak-]
verb (used with object), trans·ac·ti·vat·ed, trans·ac·ti·vat·ing.
  1. to activate the replication of (a viral gene) through the presence of a gene at another locus, especially following a viral infection.
Related formstrans·ac·ti·va·tion, nountrans·ac·ti·va·tor, noun
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