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Repressor
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Repressor
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biochemistry
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
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something that represses; esp., a protein produced in a cell that prevents the synthesis of a specific enzyme
: also sp. reˈpresserWebster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Repressor
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1. also re·press·er 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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