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autorepressed

autorepressed is the simple past and past participle of autorepress.

Meaning of autorepress

Verb

autorepress (third-person singular simple present autorepresses, present participle autorepressing, simple past and past participle autorepressed)

  1. To cause or undergo autorepression.
    • Since AdpA protein is autorepressing at the transcriptional level (Kato et al., 2005c), translational control mediated by the availability of charged bldA tRNA may determine the level of activation of the AdpA regulon under some conditions.2011, Paul Dyson, Streptomyces: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, page 60

Adjective

autorepressed (not comparable)

  1. Subject to autorepression

Questions about autorepressed

What does autorepressed mean?
Autorepressed means subject to autorepression.
What is autorepressed the simple past and past participle of?
Autorepressed is the simple past and past participle of autorepress.
What part of speech is autorepressed?
Autorepressed is an adjective.

Words near autorepressed in the dictionary

  1. autoreplicate
  2. autoreplicated
  3. autoreplies
  4. autoreply
  5. autorepress
  6. autorepressed
  7. autorepresses
  8. autorepressing
  9. autorepression
  10. autorepressive
  11. autorepressor

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