autoregulator

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noun

Any protein that regulates its own expression

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Meanings

nounautoregulator (plural autoregulators)

plural autoregulators

  1. biochemistryAny protein that regulates its own expression

    LmrR was shown to be a transcriptional repressor of lmrCD expression and an autoregulator of its own expression.

    2015 August 13, “Binding of the Lactococcal Drug Dependent Transcriptional Regulator LmrR to Its Ligands and Responsive Promoter Regions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From auto- + regulator.

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APA

autoregulator. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoregulator

MLA

“autoregulator.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoregulator. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoregulator,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoregulator.

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