1. to remove repression from; to activate or allow the expression of something that was previously suppressed
Usage: biochemistry; genetics

Examples

• The enzyme was derepressed when the inhibitor was removed.
• Scientists studied how to derepress the silenced gene.
• The regulatory protein helps derepress transcription under certain conditions.
• Removing the repressor molecule will derepress the operon.
• The researchers found a way to derepress the dormant pathway.