regulatory gene
- noun
- /ˈrɛɡjʊˌleɪtəri dʒin/
- Specialized
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gen regulatorio
- Females also share similar patterns of regulatory gene expression (not shown; Moczek and Nagy 2005).
Examples
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Quite unexpectedly, however, the DNA sequence of tb1 turned out to be very similar to that of the cyc gene of Antirrhinum, and like cyc, tb1 seems to be a regulatory gene.
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And they tended to have much lower numbers of polymorphisms of what we call the regulatory genes that tamp down the immune system.
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And we do not have to go back millions of years to find evidence of the importance of changes involving regulatory genes.
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Cyc is a regulatory gene, which means it influences the activity of other genes.
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Regulatory genes produce particular types of proteins (sometimes called master proteins) that are able to bind to other genes and switch them on or off.
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The expression of at least some horn regulatory genes, such as Distal-less, in the rudiments of small mates supports the second hypothesis (Moczek and Nagy 2005).
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The regulatory gene controls the expression of other genes during the development of the embryo.
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Enhanced understanding of how the regulatory gene operates can lead to breakthroughs in genetic engineering.
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Scientists discovered that the regulatory gene influences the timing of flowering in certain plants.
Synonyms
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A substance, gene, or protein that attaches to DNA to stop a gene from working
Part of DNA that makes a chemical to stop other genes from working
A gene that makes a protein that stops other genes from turning on
How Coding
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a gene that controls or governs other genes' is directly and compositionally derivable from 'regulatory' (functioning to control) + 'gene' (DNA segment). This is a straightforward adjective+noun scientific compound found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE's meaning, although finer technical details (e.g. controlling expression) are domain-specific.
Etymology
Regulatory gene comes from the image of genes as workers and managers: regulatory means controlling and the gene makes a substance that tells other genes to 'turn on' or 'turn off'. So a regulatory gene is a gene that controls the activity of other genes.