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 Latin) 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.
singular | plural | |
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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.