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: 0, Proteins, Repressor, Transcriptional Silencing Factors, Repressor Proteins, Silencing Factors, Transcriptional, Repressor Molecules
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91(79); was see under TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS 1979-90 ,91; was see under TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS 1979-90
identifier
D012097