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A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
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A person who suppresses others, a tyrant.
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A gene that suppresses the effect of another through epistasis.
Examples of suppressor in a Sentence
Genes such as tumor suppressor genes tightly regulate this growth cycle.
Gene therapy Scientists are studying oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes.
An RB1 gene is non-functional when it is changed or missing (deleted) and no longer produces normal tumor suppressor protein.
A surge suppressor includes a circuit breaker that will protect equipment from damage from a surge in electricity (e.g. a lightning strike ).
The attenuating mutation at residue 91 in VP3 is shown in cyan, and all suppressor mutations are shown in white.
We are collaborating on an exhaustive molecular characterisation of cancer cell lines to identify novel oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes in ovarian cancer.
These included increased expression of several oncogenes, as well as decreased expression of several tumor suppressor genes and genes that regulate airway inflammation.
The C. elegans homolog of the p53 tumor suppressor is required for DNA damage induced apoptosis.
If you do, it can be solved by using a surge suppressor plug at the mains socket where you plug the player in.
Normally, the tumor suppressor protein produced by RB1 prevents a retinal cell from becoming cancerous.
Each RB1 gene produces tumor suppressor protein.
When a second mutation occurs, the cell that contains the mutation no longer has any normal copy of the tumor suppressor gene.
A novel tumor suppressor gene implicated in colorectal cancer progression has also been identified by this group.