Sentence examples for suppressor from inspiring English sources
The word "suppressor" is correct and usable in written English
It is a noun that means something or someone that suppresses or prevents something from being expressed, revealed, or acted upon. Example: The government has put a suppressor on the news coverage of the protests to avoid inciting further unrest. In this sentence, "suppressor" is used to refer to the government's action of limiting or controlling the media's coverage of the protests in order to prevent the situation from escalating.
noun
A device which suppresses something, especially an electronic or mechanical device.
For example, in the case of one particular gene that is thought to act as a tumour suppressor, and whose failure is implicated in 25 types of brain tumour, epigenetic mechanisms cause the failure far more often than conventional mutations do.Epigenetic markers also serve to predict clinical outcomes.
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Point mutations are common mechanisms of inactivation of tumour suppressor genes.
Just as the term oncogene is somewhat misleading because it suggests that the main function of the gene is to cause cancer, the name tumour suppressor gene wrongly suggests that the primary function of those genes is to stem tumour growth.
Researchers found that certain chromosomal abnormalities were consistently associated with specific types of cancer, and they also discovered a new class of genes tumour suppressor genes that contributed to cancer development when damaged.
The tumour suppressor genes in a healthy cell work together with another class of genes, called proto-oncogenes, to control cell reproduction.
One approach, used by Shenzhen SiBiono GeneTech, a Chinese company, is to replace broken tumour-suppressor genes with the correct version.
These changes include a general decrease in methylation, which is thought to contribute to the increased expression of growth-promoting genes, punctuated by gene-specific increases in methylation that are thought to silence tumour-suppressor genes.
If the promise of corrector drugs like those in development for cystic fibrosis bears out, drugs could also be developed to restore the restraining function of the tumor-suppressor protein.
In malignancies, tumor-suppressor genes, which normally restrain cell growth, acquire mutations, from carcinogens like tobacco smoke and radiation exposure, that eliminate the genes' ability to halt growth.
Is Sandy the ultimate vote-suppressor?
