repression
Binding of a protein (repressor) to the operator
sequence
in an
operon
thus preventing the
transcription
of the following structural
gene(s)
into
mRNA
and consequently synthesis of protein (cf.
enzyme repression
).
Source:
PAC, 1992,
64
, 143
(Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992))
on page 164