[
US
/səˈpɹɛsɝ/
]
NOUN
- an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents
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someone who suppresses
dictators are suppressors of free speech - a gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)
How To Use suppressor In A Sentence
- depressors," "suppressors," and "determiners" which were present in the two microscopic and mosaic germ cells which united to start the embryo at the time of conception. The Mother and Her Child
- These observations suggest that the mutated tyrosine phosphatases are tumor suppressor genes, regulating cellular pathways that may be amenable to therapeutic intervention.
- Graphical Symbol in full simplified diode, indirectly heated duodiode, indirectly heated or triode, indirectly heated or duotriode with separated cathodes, indirectly heated, heating filament with central tapping, internal screening of the system tetrode pentode, suppressor grid connected with cathode triode - pentode triode - heptode (according to the circuit, the systems may be drawn left-and-right reversed) 1.10. 1. Selected Graphical Symbols of Electrotechnology
- An integrated - circuit transformer differential relay including secondary and fifth harmonics suppressor is designed.
- The dosage suppressors could rescue ram lethality by several possible mechanisms.
- Soy formulas contain high levels of compounds that mimic oestrogen, which itself is a known immune system suppressor.
- Neurofibromatosis type 1 is a common autosomal dominant disorder with a high rate of penetrance. It is caused by the mutation of the tumor suppressor gene NF1, which encodes neurofibromin.
- This suggests a possible tumour suppressor function for this cell adhesion molecule.
- In contrast, the chapter on cancer cytogenetics essentially assumes that the reader possesses an understanding of the concepts of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes and their applications in cytogenetics.
- Scientists believe the suppressor gene can be inactivated by tobacco, viruses, pollution or diet.
