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autorepressing

autorepressing is the present participle and gerund 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

Questions about autorepressing

What is autorepressing the present participle and gerund of?
Autorepressing is the present participle and gerund of autorepress.

Words near autorepressing in the dictionary

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

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