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REGULATOR GENE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does regulator gene mean?
• REGULATOR GENE (noun)
The noun REGULATOR GENE has 1 sense:
1. a gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
Familiarity information: REGULATOR GENE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
regulator gene; regulatory gene
Hypernyms ("regulator gene" is a kind of...):
cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)
Holonyms ("regulator gene" is a part of...):
operon (a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene)
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