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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. v. To induce the operation of (a gene) by deactivating the repressor.

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  1. v. genetics To activate a gene by the removal of a repressor

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  1. de- +‎ repress (Wiktionary)

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