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R

repressor

A protein that inhibits the expression of a gene product in DNA transcription.

RNA-seq

Detection and quantitative analysis of messenger RNA molecules in a biological sample. RNA-seq allows description of the transcriptome, which is key to connect the information in a genome with its functional protein expression.