Meanings
adjectivederepressive (comparative more derepressive, superlative most derepressive)
comparative more derepressive · superlative most derepressive
- That counters repression
The same outcome occurred when glutamine was re-fed to nitrogen-starved cells or those growing in a derepressive nitrogen source ( Figure 8 ).
2015 May 29, Jennifer J. Tate et al., “GATA Factor Regulation in Excess Nitrogen Occurs Independently of Gtr-Ego Complex-Dependent TorC1 Activation”, in G3: Genes, volume 5, →DOI
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with derepressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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