attenuator

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(ə-tĕn'yū-ā'tər) pronunciation
n.
A device that attenuates an electrical signal.



a sequence in DNA that is located between the operator and the gene for the first protein in an operon. It can cause transcription termination. The operon for the synthesis of tryptophan in bacteria is an example of an operon that contains an attenuator.

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