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Regulated vs Stimulon - What's the difference?

regulated | stimulon |

As a verb regulated

is (regulate).

As a noun stimulon is

(genetics) a system of genes that are regulated by the same stimulus.

regulated

English

Verb

(head)
  • (regulate)

  • regulate

    English

    Verb

    (regulat)
  • To dictate policy.
  • To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law.
  • * Macaulay
  • the laws which regulate the successions of the seasons
  • * Bancroft
  • The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police.
  • To adjust to a particular specification or requirement: regulate temperature.
  • To adjust (a mechanism) for accurate and proper functioning.
  • 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 put or maintain in order.
  • to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances
    to regulate one's eating habits

    Derived terms

    * deregulate * downregulate * upregulate

    stimulon

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia stimulon) (en noun)
  • (genetics) A system of genes that are regulated by the same stimulus
  • See also

    *operon *regulon