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repressor: see nucleic acid nucleic acid, any of a group of organic substances found in the chromosomes of living cells and viruses that play a central role in the storage and replication of hereditary information and in the expression of this information through protein synthesis. ..... Click the link for more information. . repressor [ri′pres·ər] (biochemistry) An end product of metabolism which represses the synthesis of enzymes in the metabolic pathway. (genetics) The product of a regulator gene that acts to repress the transcription of another gene. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Those who killed Saddam didn't have as their goal Saddam the Autocrat and Repressor," argued Tahir Kan'an in his Jan. CHAT and TH expression are controlled through separate transcriptional promoter pathways, comprising cAMP-dependent processes (adenylyl cyclase, protein kinase A, CREB, AP-1) as well as trophic factors such as brain derived neurotrophic factor, ciliary neurotrophic factor, repressor element-1 silencing transcription factor/neuron restrictive silencer factor, and bone morphogenetic protein-9 (Lewis-Tuffin et al. They need to fight back against the repressors, not against those in the neighborhood. |
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