aporepressor
aporepressor
[ap″o-re-pres´or]a repressor that is inactive until it combines with a corepressor.
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ap·o·re·pres·sor
(ap'ō-rē-pres'er),A regulatory protein that, when combined with another corepressor, undergoes allosteric transformation, which allows it to combine with an operator locus and inhibit transcription of certain genes.
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in·ac·tive re·pres·sor
(in-ak'tiv rĕ-pres'ŏr)A repressor that cannot combine with an operator gene until it has combined with a corepressor (usually a product of a protein pathway); after activation, the repressor arrests production of the proteins controlled by the operator gene; a homeostatic mechanism for regulation of repressible enzyme systems.
Synonym(s): aporepressor.
Synonym(s): aporepressor.
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aporepressor
a regulatory protein that inhibits the activity of specific genes when in the presence of a COREPRESSOR.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005