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activator (medicine)


activator
<biochemistry> A DNA-binding transcription metabolite that positively modulates an allosteric enzyme or regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.


pleat(1) (iou)



pleat noun. [pli:t] LME.
[By-form of PLAIT noun.]
= PLAIT noun 2. obsolete exc. Scot. and in French pleat s.v. French adjective. LME.
A fold of cloth or drapery. Now esp. any of a series of folds held in place along one edge by pressing, stitching, etc., by which part of a garment or piece of fabric is regularly and symmetrically taken in. Freq. with specifying word, as box pleat, knife pleat, etc. Cf. PLAIT noun 1. LME.