repressor gene

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repressor gene - gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed

cistron, gene, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"

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cistron factor gene repressor			Previous studies have described the existence of at least three widely diverse repressor genes (rstR genes) carried by different CTX phages (i. Reemergence of epidemic Vibrio cholerae O139, Bangladesh by Sack, David A. / Emerging Infectious Diseases In additional we are determining whether AMPA-mediated DCD of PCs induces and reduces respectively the expression of putative cell death effector and repressor genes. Novel Excitotoxic Mechanisms Mediating Degeneration of Cerebellar ... by Strahlendorf, Jean; Strahlendorf, Howard / Generations It has been suggested that nontoxigenic strains could become toxigenic by acquiring the tox gene, assuming that the chromosomal diphtheria toxin repressor gene (dtxR) is functional (14-16). Nontoxigenic Corynebacterium diphtheriae: An Emerging Pathogen in ... by George, Robert C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases			representational process representational system representationalism Representationary representative representative downwind direction representative downwind speed representative fraction representative sample representative sampling Representatively representativeness represented Representer Representment repress repressed repressed memory represser Repressible repressing repression repressive repressively repressor repressor gene Reprevable Repreve Repriefe Reprieval reprieve reprimand Reprimander Reprimer reprint Reprinter reprinting reprisal reprise Repristinate Repristination reprivatization reprivatize Reprive Reprize Reprizes repro reproach Reproachablr Reproacher reproachful			repressing emotion repression repression repression repression Repression Activator Protein 1 Repression-Sensitization Scale repressionist repressionist repressionist repressionist Repressions Repressions Repressions Repressions repressive repressive repressive repressive governor repressive-inspirational approach repressively repressively repressively repressiveness repressiveness repressiveness repressor repressor repressor Repressor Element 1 repressor gene Repressor Protein Repressor Protein Repressor Protein Repressor Splicing Factor 1 repressor-constitutive mutation repressor-constitutive mutation repressor-constitutive mutation repressor-constitutive mutation Repressor/activator protein 1 Repressors Repressors Repressors Repressuring Reprevable Repreve reprice Repricing Repriefe reprievable reprievable reprievable Reprieval reprieve reprieve reprieve reprieved reprieved reprieved reprieves reprieves

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