REPRESSOR GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does repressor gene mean? 

• REPRESSOR GENE (noun)
  The noun REPRESSOR GENE has 1 sense:

1. gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed

  Familiarity information: REPRESSOR GENE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REPRESSOR GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gene that prevents a nonallele from being transcribed

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Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("repressor 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)