Maybe there were thinking about it in terms of disinhibition? A --| B --| C Where `A` inhibits `B` which inhibits `C`. So, while the repressor `A` is pres

Maybe there were thinking about it in terms of disinhibition? A --| B --| C Where `A` inhibits `B` which inhibits `C`. So, while the repressor `A` is present, `C` will be transcribed. I'd imagine that simple repression is probably more common than disinhibition in gene networks, but idk.