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re⋅press⋅er

[ri-pres-er]
–noun
a person or thing that represses.
Also, repressor.


Origin:
1400–50; late ME; see repress, -er 1
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re·press·er   (rĭ-prěs'ər)   
n.  Variant of repressor.
re·pres·sor   (rĭ-prěs'ər)   
n.  
  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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