Meaning

2 senses

  1. Anything that represses.

    an agent that represses

  2. Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.

Translations

1 languages

Forms

plural: repressors
Singularrepressor
Pluralrepressors

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words
Derivedantirepressoraporepressorautorepressorcorepressorderepressorriborepressorsuperrepressortransrepressor

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
repressB2repressionB2repressivereprievereprimand
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