SUPPRESSER GENE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does suppresser gene mean? 

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

1. a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPPRESSER GENE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

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Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppresser gene; suppressor; suppressor gene

Hypernyms ("suppresser 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppresser gene"):

tumor suppressor gene (a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division)