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Stoperator

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regulatornounA device that controls or limits something.
control genenoun(genetics) A gene that controls the transcription of others in messenger RNA
autorepressornoun(genetics) A protein that causes autorepression
repressornounAnything that represses.
superrepressornoun(genetics) A particularly effective repressor
silencernounAn attachment to a gun that reduces the sound it emits.
corepressornoun(genetics) Any substance that reacts with a genetic repressor in order to activate it and decrease gene expression
suppressornounA device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
autoregulatornoun(genetics, biochemistry) Any protein that regulates its own expression
antisensenoun(genetics) The strand of nucleic acid complementary to a strand which codes for an RNA or protein.
operonnounA unit of genetic material that functions in a coordinated manner by means of an operator, a promoter, and structural genes that are transcribed together.
corepressionnoun(chemistry) mutual repression
silencingnounThe act by which something is silenced.
suboperonnoun(genetics) A constituent part of an operon
activatornounOne who, or that which, activates.
coactivatornoun(genetics) Any protein that binds to an activator as part of gene transcription
antiterminationnoun(genetics) A mechanism that prevents premature termination of DNA transcription.
antigenenoun(genetics) An oligonucleotide that attaches to a specific gene and suppresses its action.
stopcodonnounAlternative form of stop codon. [(biology, genetics, biochemistry) a sequence of three RNA nucleotides (A, C, G or U) that instruct the synthesis, or translation, of a protein to stop. The three-letter stop codon sequences have been given names: "UAG" is amber, "UGA" is opal, and "UAA" is ochre.]
promoternounOne who promotes.

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