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Derepression

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antirepressionnoun(genetics) The action of antagonizing a repressor
reversionnounThe action of returning to a former condition or practice.
transrepressornoun(genetics) A transfected genetic repressor.
downregulationnoun(genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity
contrasuppressionnoun(genetics) The inhibition of the function of a suppressor.
demultiplicationnoun(genetics) The reversal of a previous multiplication (of genes)
deletionnounThe act of deleting.
desilencingnoun(genetics) The reverse of the silencing of gene expression
retrotranscriptionnoun(genetics) Synonym of reverse transcription.
pseudoreversionnoun(genetics) The reversion of a mutation in which the products are different from the originals
downregulatornounA regulator that involves downregulation.
retroduplicationnoun(genetics) The reverse transcription of a gene from mRNA into a complementary DNA copy
downmethylationnoun(genetics) The process, or the result of downmethylating
recombinationnoun(genetics) The formation of genetic combinations in offspring that are not present in the parents.
repressverb(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
reverse transcriptionnoun(genetics) The process of creating double-stranded DNA from a single-stranded RNA template (the reverse of the standard process).
knockdownnounAn act of knocking down or the condition of being knocked down.
autoexcisionnoun(genetics) The removal of a gene from a copy of its own RNA.
retrogressionnounA deterioration or decline to a previous state.
retrosequencenoun(genetics) A sequence of DNA produced by reverse transcription

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