Regulate vs Riboregulator - What's the difference?
regulate | riboregulator |
To dictate policy.
To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
* Macaulay
* Bancroft
To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
To put or maintain in order.
(biology, genetics) An RNA that regulates expression of itself or another nucleic acid in response to a signaling event.
As a verb regulate
is to dictate policy.As a noun riboregulator is
(biology|genetics) an rna that regulates expression of itself or another nucleic acid in response to a signaling event.regulate
English
Verb
(regulat)- the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
- The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
- to regulate a watch, i.e. adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time
- to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc.
- to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
- to regulate one's eating habits
