Active repressor

(1) a repressor that combines directly with an operator gene to repress the operator and its structural genes, thus repressing protein synthesis; an active repressor may be repressed by an inducer, with resulting protein synthesis; (2) a homeostatic mechanism for regulation of inducible enzyme systems.

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