| regulato | 1. To adjust by rule, method, or established mode; to direct by rule or restriction; to subject to governing principles or laws. "The laws which regulate the successions of the seasons." "The herdsmen near the frontier adjudicated their own disputes, and regulated their own police." (Bancroft) 2. To put in good order; as, to regulate the disordered state of a nation or its finances. 3. To adjust, or maintain, with respect to a desired rate, degree, or condition; as, to regulate the temperature of a room, the pressure of steam, the speed of a machine, etc. To regulate a watch or clock, to adjust its rate of running so that it will keep approximately standard time. Synonym: To adjust, dispose, methodize, arrange, direct, order, rule, govern. Origin: L. Regulatus, p. P. Of regulare, fr. Regula. See Regular. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| regulator | A substance or process that regulates another substance or process. Growth regulators, substances that can alter the growth of a living organism. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regulator gene | A gene that produces a repressor substance that inhibits an operator gene when combined with it. It thus prevents production of a specific enzyme. When the enzyme is again in demand, a specific regulatory metabolite inhibits the repressor substance. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regulatory albuminuria | Transitory albuminuria occurring after unusual physical exertion. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regulatory cell proliferation kinase | <enzyme> Involved in mitosis regulation; has characteristics of serine/threonine and tyrosine kinases; isolated from saccharomyces cerevisiae; genbank l08909 Registry number: EC 2.7.1.- Synonym: rpk1 protein, rpk1 gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| regulatory enzyme | <biochemistry> An enzyme that regulatescertain functions due to its ability to undergoa change in its catalytic activity through modification of its structure. (09 Oct 1997) |
| regulatory gene | A gene that codes for a repressor protein. (09 Oct 1997) |
| regulatory region | <molecular biology> A DNA base sequence that controls gene expression. (14 Oct 1997) |
| regulatory regions or sequences | A DNA base sequence that controls gene expression. (05 Mar 2000) |
| regulatory sequence | <molecular biology> DNA sequence to which regulatory molecules such as promotors or enhancers bind, thereby altering the expression of the adjacent gene. (18 Nov 1997) |
| regulatory sequences, nucleic acid | DNA sequences involved in regulating the expression of other genes. (12 Dec 1998) |
| regulatory T-cell | <immunology> Vague term for any class of T lymphocyte not directly involved in the effector side of immunity, but involved in controlling responses and actions of other cells, especially T helper and T suppressor cells. (18 Nov 1997) |