Usually means: Proteins that inhibit gene expression.
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  1. repressors: Merriam-Webster
  2. repressors: Collins English Dictionary
  3. repressors: Vocabulary.com
  4. repressors: Wordnik
  5. repressors: Wiktionary
  6. repressors: Dictionary.com
  7. Repressors: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. Repressors: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Repressors: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. repressors: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Repressors: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (repressor)

noun:  Anything that represses.
noun:  (genetics) Any protein that binds to DNA and thus regulates the expression of genes by decreasing the rate of transcription.
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