Associations to the word «Repressor»

Wiktionary

REPRESSOR, noun. Anything that represses.
REPRESSOR, noun. (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription

Dictionary definition

REPRESSOR, noun. An agent that represses.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats