autorepress

English

Etymology

From auto- +‎ repress.

Verb

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

1. To cause or undergo autorepression.
   • 2011, Paul Dyson, Streptomyces: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, page 60:

     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.

Derived terms

• autorepressor