Definitions for "Constitutive"
enzyme always synthesized and ready
Referring to cellular production of a molecule at a constant rate, which is not regulated by internal or external stimuli.
Produced in a constant amount, not subject to regulation. Housekeeping genes are constitutively transcribed.
Always expressed in an unregulated fashion (in reference to gene control).
Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.
constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)
Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining.