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corepressor
corepressor
Noun
pl: corepressors
This term is a specialized technical noun used exclusively within molecular biology and genetics. It describes a specific regulatory mechanism where a molecule acts as a necessary partner for a repressor protein to function, effectively turning a gene "off."
Because it refers to a specific biochemical entity, it is used in a neutral, descriptive register. It is typically contrasted with a "coreactivator," which performs the opposite function by facilitating gene expression.
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coactivatorgeneexpressiontranscriptionproteinDNARNApromoterrepressoractivatorchromatinhistonenucleosomeepigeneticsmethylationacetylationdeacetylationpolymeraseoperonligandbindingcomplexinhibitorsilencingdownregulationregulationtranscription factorenhancersilencergenomenucleuscytoplasmenzymecatalystcofactorcoenzymeallelemutationphenotypegenotypemetabolismhomeostasissignalpathwayphosphorylationubiquitinationmethyltransferaseinductionrepressionfeedbackallostericaffinityspecificitysequencecodonexonintronspliceosomemRNAtRNArRNA