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SUPPRESSOR

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppressor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("suppressor" is a kind of...):

electrical device (a device that produces or is powered by electricity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppressor"):

lightning arrester; spike arrester; spike suppressor; surge protector; surge suppressor (electrical device inserted in a power line to protect equipment from sudden fluctuations in current)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A gene that suppresses the phenotypic expression of another gene (especially of a mutant gene)

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppresser gene; suppressor; suppressor gene

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("suppressor" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "suppressor"):

tumor suppressor gene (a suppressor gene that blocks unscheduled cell division)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who suppresses

Example:

dictators are suppressors of free speech

Synonyms:

suppresser; suppressor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("suppressor" is a kind of...):

controller; restrainer (a person who directs and restrains)

Derivation:

suppress (bring under control by force or authority)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This protein is comprised of most of the probable tumor suppressor protein MN1 fused with the C-terminal ETS DNA binding domain of the transcription factor ETV6 protein.

(MN1/ETV6 Fusion Protein, NCI Thesaurus)

The antigen LEU 2A, also known as CD8, is present on a subset of natural killer (NK) lymphocytes as well as the on the human suppressor/cytotoxic T-lymphocyte subset.

(Monoclonal Antibody hLEU 2A, NCI Thesaurus)

MTF-1 inhibitor LOR-253 inhibits MTF-1 activity and thereby induces the expression of MTF-1 dependent tumor suppressor factor Kruppel like factor 4 (KLF4).

(MTF-1 Inhibitor LOR-253 HCl, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in ovarian carcinoma.

(MIRLET7I Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in ovarian and lung carcinomas.

(MIRLET7G Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in lung, prostate and ovarian carcinomas, acute promyelocytic leukemia and Burkitt lymphoma..

(MIRLET7C Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in lung and ovarian carcinomas, uterine leiomyoma and acute promyelocytic leukemia.

(MIRLET7D Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in the regulation of gene expression and plays a tumor suppressor role in lung carcinoma.

(MIRLET7F1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

An autologous vaccine composed of dendritic cells (DC) that have been transduced with a p53 tumor suppressor gene-modified virus.

(Autologous Dendritic Cell-Adenovirus P53 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The gene may have tumor suppressor activity.

(BECN1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)