repressor
/rɪˈprɛsər/
noun
- A person or thing that suppresses or holds back something, such as emotions, actions, or natural processes.
- The strict teacher was seen as a repressor of creativity in the classroom.
- In therapy, she learned to identify the inner repressor that kept her from expressing her true feelings.
- The government acted as a repressor of free speech, silencing all opposition.
- In biology, a protein that prevents the expression of a gene by binding to a specific region of DNA.
- Mutations in the repressor can lead to uncontrolled gene expression and disease.
- The repressor binds to the operator region to block transcription of the gene.
- Scientists studied how the repressor protein regulates the production of enzymes in bacteria.
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