2. Adjective. (genetics of a gene) activated by the removal of a repressor ¹
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Definition of Derepressed
1. derepress [v] - See also: derepress
Lexicographical Neighbors of Derepressed
Literary usage of Derepressed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology: Plant Nutrition: A Bibliography, January 1988-April 1993 by Janet Saunders (1994)
"... stitutively derepressed expression of GCN4 and amino acid biosynthetic genes
under its control. These mutations map in the protein-coding sequences and, ..."
2. Gene Expression in Algae and Fungi Including Yeast: Bibliography January by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (2001)
"... Expression of \easl L-/V double-stranded RNA virus proteins produces derepressed
replication: a ski- ..."
3. Tissue Culture: Plants : A Bibliography, January 1991-April 1993. by Henry Gilbert (1994)
"The specific activity of GDH was derepressed in sucrose-starved cells concomitant
with protein catabolism, ..."
4. Biotechnology for Water Use and Conservation: The Mexico '96 Workshop by OECD Staff, Zapata, Francisco Bolívar (1997)
"derepressed systems Examples for the first pattern have been reported for the
NTA-, p-TS-, and DCM-utilising bacterial strains mentioned above (Bally et al. ..."
5. Bioremediation: The Tokyo '94 Workshop by Tokyo '94 Workshop (1994), OECD Staff, Yoshitaka Ando, OECD, Salomon Wald (1995)
"The genes appear to be derepressed by sulphur starvation because they are not
expressed in the presence of other sulphur sources such as methionine and ..."
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