autorepress

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verb

To cause or undergo autorepression.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person autorepresses · participle present autorepressing · participle past autorepressed · past 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

Origin

From auto- + repress.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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