photoregulatev.
/ˌfəʊtəʊˈrɛɡjᵿleɪt/, U.S. /ˌfoʊdoʊˈrɛɡjəˌleɪt/ Chiefly Biology.
transitive. To regulate (a biological or chemical process) by means of light.
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photoregulate1957
1957 [implied in: Bot. Gaz. 118 207/2 Flowering, seed germination, and certain other photoregulated phenomena. (at photoregulated adj.)].
1969 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 64 1103 The enzymic activity of acetylcholinesterase can be photoregulated through the mediation of photochromic inhibitors of the enzyme.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 3803/1 A modified peptide in which the helix content can be reversibly photoregulated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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