REGULATORY GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does regulatory gene mean? 

• REGULATORY GENE (noun)
  The noun REGULATORY GENE has 1 sense:

1. a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene

  Familiarity information: REGULATORY GENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REGULATORY GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

regulator gene; regulatory gene

Hypernyms ("regulatory gene" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((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)

Holonyms ("regulatory gene" is a part of...):

operon (a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene)

 Context examples 

Many of the regulatory genes that contribute to lupus and other autoimmune disorders did not interact with EBNA2, and some individuals with activated regulatory genes associated with disease risk do not develop disease.

(Epstein-Barr virus protein can “switch on” risk genes for autoimmune diseases, National Institutes of Health)