repressor
[ ri-pres-er ]
/ rɪˈprɛs ər /
noun
Genetics.
a protein that binds DNA at an operator site and thereby prevents transcription of one or more adjacent genes.
Words nearby repressor
repressed,
represser,
repressible enzyme,
repression,
repressive,
repressor,
repressor gene,
reprieval,
reprieve,
reprimand,
reprint
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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
/ (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
Medical definitions for repressor
repressor
[ rĭ-prĕs′ər ]
n.
One that represses.
A protein, especially either of two proteins produced by regulatory genes, that blocks transcription of an operon.
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.