Derepress
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Derepress is a verb meaning (genetics) To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor.
Meaning
(genetics) To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor.
More Meanings
- (psychiatry) To cease to repress (a belief, memory, etc.).
Word Forms
- derepresses
- derepressing
- derepressed
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transrepress, reexpress, retroregulate, retropose, recodonise, retrotranscribe.
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