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REPRESSOR GENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does repressor gene mean?
• REPRESSOR GENE (noun)
The noun REPRESSOR GENE has 1 sense:
1. gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed
Familiarity information: REPRESSOR GENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Hypernyms ("repressor 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)
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