- suppressor gene
- a gene that prevents the expression of another (non-allelic) gene.
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a gene that by its presence can reverse the effects of a specific mutation in another gene; see suppression (def. 3).
Medical dictionary. 2011.
suppressor gene
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suppressor gene — suppressor gene. См. ген супрессор. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
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