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Repressor vs Derepress - What's the difference?

repressor | derepress |

As a noun repressor

is repressor.

As a verb derepress is

(genetics) to activate a gene by the removal of a repressor.

repressor

English

Noun

(wikipedia repressor) (en noun)
  • Anything that represses.
  • (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription
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    derepress

    English

    Verb

  • (genetics) To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor
  • To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).

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