Suppression

Immunosuppression is the treatment of the patient with agents that inhibit the immune response. Presently the major players are:
Purine analogs ...
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Suppression of the immune system is often used to control autoimmune disorders or inflammation when this causes excessive tissue damage, and to prevent transplant rejection after an organ transplant.
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Suppression
The restoration (or partial restoration) of a wild-type phenotype by a second mutation. There are many different mechanisms of suppression (see the supplemental resources ...
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The suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated (epistatic) gene. See hypostasis.
Related Terms: Gene ...
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Given the many levels of posttranscriptional regulation of Ci activity, in particular the Hh-dependent suppression of cleavage that alters the balance between repressor (cleaved) and activator (uncleaved) forms, ...
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It is also hypothesized that components of semen, such as the spermatozoa as well as the seminal plasma, can cause immunosuppression in the body when introduced to the bloodstream or lymph.
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What drove this suppression of XY recombination? We don't absolutely know for sure, but we suspect that [there was] a series of inversions of big chunks of DNA on the Y chromosome.
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A pest management strategy that focuses on long-term prevention or suppression of pest problems through a combination of techniques such as encouraging biological control, use of resistant varieties, ...
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Natural control: The suppression of pest populations by naturally occurring biological and environmental agents.
Natural enemies: Living organisms found in nature that kill, weaken, or reduce the reproductive potential of other organisms.
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*Parallel Triplex Formation as Possible Approach for Suppression of DNAViruses Reproduction
V.L. Florentiev, A.K. Shchyolkina, I.A. Il'icheva, E.N. Timofeev, and S.Yu Tsybenko
Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology; Russian ...
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In the 1880s, the rise of French national sentiment (via universal military service and national education) encouraged the suppression of regional differences and local languages and dialects; by 1910, 90% of the French population understood French, ...
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: Lethal mutations in different genes on the same pair of chromosomes that remain in repulsion because of close linkage or crossover suppression.
In a closed population, only the trans-heterozygotes (l1 + / + l2) for the lethal mutations survive.
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Time-release capsules (Norplant) can be implanted under the skin and offer long-term suppression of ovulation. RU-486, the so-called morning after pill, interferes with implantation of the blastula into the uterine wall.
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The resulting truncated protein acts as a repressor of transposition. In germ cells, removal of the intron is allowed. The active transposase is made. This is an example of regulation by differential splice site suppression .
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