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Repressor vs Derepressed - What's the difference?

repressor | derepressed |

As a noun repressor

is repressor.

As a verb derepressed is

(derepress).

As an adjective derepressed is

(genetics|of a gene) activated 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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    derepressed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (derepress)

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (genetics, of a gene) activated by the removal of a repressor