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repressor
UK
/rɪˈprɛsə/
US
/rɪˈprɛsɚ/
Translations
repressors
pl
UK
/rɪˈprɛsə/
US
/rɪˈprɛsɚ/
The regime deployed its repressors to silence any sign of dissent.
Le régime a déployé ses répresseurs pour faire taire toute dissidence.
In the absence of lactose, the lac repressor binds to the operator, preventing transcription of the lac operon.
En l'absence de lactose, le répresseur lac se lie à l'opérateur, empêchant la transcription de l'opéron lac.
UK
/rɪˈprɛsə/
US
/rɪˈprɛsər/
Attributive use of the noun; describes something that serves to repress or relates to a genetic repressor.
The repressor element reduced the level of gene expression.
L'élément répresseur a réduit le niveau d'expression génique.
Definitions
The regime deployed its repressors to silence any sign of dissent.
In the absence of lactose, the lac repressor binds to the operator, preventing transcription of the lac operon.
The repressor element reduced the level of gene expression.