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Repressor
Repressor
See also: repressor
German
Noun
Repressor m (genitive Repressors, plural Repressoren)
Declension
Declension of Repressor
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Repressor | die | Repressoren |
| genitive | eines | des | Repressors | der | Repressoren |
| dative | einem | dem | Repressor | den | Repressoren |
| accusative | einen | den | Repressor | die | Repressoren |
repressor
repressor
See also: Repressor
English
Noun
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
Translations
protein that represses
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈpres.sor/, [rɛˈprɛs.sɔr]
Noun
repressor m (genitive repressōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | repressor | repressōrēs |
| genitive | repressōris | repressōrum |
| dative | repressōrī | repressōribus |
| accusative | repressōrem | repressōrēs |
| ablative | repressōre | repressōribus |
| vocative | repressor | repressōrēs |
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “repressor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.