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SUPPRESSER GENE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
Synonyms:
suppresser; suppresser gene; suppressor; suppressor gene
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("suppresser gene" is a kind of...):
cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppresser gene"):
tumor suppressor gene (a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division)
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