derepression
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- The process of "turning on" the expression of a gene or set of genes whose expression has been repressed (turned off), usually by the displacement of a repressor from a promoter, since, when attached to the DNA, the repressor prevents transcription.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition - co-repressor, down-regulate, effector molecule, gratuitous inducer, inducer, inducible gene, repressible gene