repressor
IPA: riprˈɛsɝ
noun
- Anything that represses.
- (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.
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Examples of "repressor" in Sentences
- Aryl hydrocarbon receptor repressor.
- It can also act as a transcriptional repressor.
- There are activator and repressor forms of CREB.
- Inducers function by disabling repressor proteins.
- Another codes for the tryptophan repressor protein.
- This would increase the affinity of repressor for O1.
- The protein binds on enhancer and repressor sequences.
- Multimeric nature of repressor and the complex operator.
- Lastly, the regulatory gene is the gene for the repressor protein.
- An example of a repressor protein is the methionine repressor MetJ.
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