Activator Synonyms and Antonyms

aktəvātər
(biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription
(Noun)
Antonyms:
  1. inhibitor

Words Related to Activator

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. adenylate
  2. diacylglycerol
  3. antiporter
  4. cytidine
  5. lyase
  6. plasminogen
  7. bifunctional
  8. phosphatidylinositol

Activator Sentence Examples

  • One such drug is called tissue plasminogen activator (alteplase) which is a clot-dissolving drug not yet in common use in the UK.

  • A compost activator is simply a rich source of nitrogen.

  • Since then (1904) Miss Florence Durham has shown that if the skins of young or embryonic mammals (rats, rabbits and guinea-pigs) be ground up and extracted in water, and the expressed juice be then incubated with solid tyrosin for twentyfour hours, with the addition of a very small amount of ferrous sulphate to act as an activator, a pigmentary substance is thrown down.

  • To use spray activator onto one surface only and allow to evaporate.

  • High in nitrogen, they make a good activator.

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