Medical term:
repressor
repressor
[re-pres´or]that which restrains or inhibits; a specific protein molecule coded for by a regulatory gene, which acts through the cytoplasm to repress the synthesis of a specific protein.
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re·pres·sor
(rē-pres'ŏr),The product of a regulator or repressor gene; a molecular entity that prevents the transcription of regulator genes under control of an operator.
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repressor
(rĭ-prĕs′ər)n.
1. also represser One that represses.
2. Genetics A protein that binds to an operator, blocking transcription of an operon and the enzymes for which the operon codes.
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re·pres·sor
(rē-pres'ŏr)The product of a regulator or repressor gene.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
repressor
a substance, often proteinaceous, that prevents the function of a gene. see OPERON MODEL.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
re·pres·sor
(rē-pres'ŏr)The product of a regulator or repressor gene.
Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012
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