repressor
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See also: Repressor
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
repressor (plural repressors)
- Anything that represses.
- (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
protein that represses
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [rɛˈprɛs̠ːɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [reˈprɛsːor]
Noun[edit]
repressor m (genitive repressōris); third declension
Declension[edit]
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | repressor | repressōrēs |
Genitive | repressōris | repressōrum |
Dative | repressōrī | repressōribus |
Accusative | repressōrem | repressōrēs |
Ablative | repressōre | repressōribus |
Vocative | repressor | repressōrēs |
Descendants[edit]
- Catalan: repressor
- French: répresseur
- Galician: represor
- Italian: repressore
- Portuguese: repressor
- Spanish: represor
References[edit]
- “repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “repressor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- repressor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette