repressor proteins

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-005462",
  "term": "repressor proteins",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Proteins which maintain the transcriptional quiescence of specific genes or operons. Classical repressor proteins are DNA-binding proteins that are normally bound to the operator region of an operon, or the enhancer sequences of a gene until a signal occurs that causes their release.",
  "synonyms": [
    "repressor molecules",
    "transcriptional silencing factors"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "DNA-binding proteins",
    "transcription factors",
    "gene regulatory networks",
    "DNA replication",
    "enhancer elements",
    "operon",
    "transcription (genetics)",
    "operator regions",
    "genes"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "proteínas represoras"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/repressor-proteins/"
}