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  2. Promoter (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    The repressor will then bind to the operator, stopping the manufacture of lactase. In genetics, a promoter is a sequence of DNA to which proteins bind to initiate transcription of a single RNA transcript from the DNA downstream of the promoter. The RNA transcript may encode a protein (mRNA), or can have a function in and of itself, such as tRNA ...

  3. 5′ flanking region - Wikipedia

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    5′ flanking region. The 5′ flanking region is a region of DNA that is adjacent to the 5′ end of the gene. The 5′ flanking region contains the promoter, and may contain enhancers or other protein binding sites. It is the region of DNA that is not transcribed into RNA. Not to be confused with the 5′ untranslated region, this region is ...

  4. Enhancer (genetics) - Wikipedia

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    An active enhancer regulatory region of DNA is enabled to interact with the promoter DNA region of its target gene by the formation of a chromosome loop. This can initiate messenger RNA (mRNA) synthesis by RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) bound to the promoter at the transcription start site of the gene. The loop is stabilized by one architectural ...

  5. TATA box - Wikipedia

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    In molecular biology, the TATA box (also called the Goldberg–Hogness box) [1] is a sequence of DNA found in the core promoter region of genes in archaea and eukaryotes. [2] The bacterial homolog of the TATA box is called the Pribnow box which has a shorter consensus sequence. The TATA box is considered a non-coding DNA sequence (also known as ...

  6. Transcription factor Sp1 - Wikipedia

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    SP1 belongs to the Sp/KLF family of transcription factors. The protein is 785 amino acids long, with a molecular weight of 81 kDa. The SP1 transcription factor contains two glutamine-rich activation domains at its N-terminus that are believed to be necessary for promoter trans -activation. [6] SP1 most notably contains three zinc finger protein ...

  7. Transcription factor - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of an activator. In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence. [1][2] The function of TFs is to regulate—turn on and off—genes in order to ...

  8. Open reading frame - Wikipedia

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    The output is the predicted peptide sequences in the FASTA format, and a definition line that includes the query ID, the translation reading frame and the nucleotide positions where the coding region begins and ends. OrfPredictor facilitates the annotation of EST-derived sequences, particularly, for large-scale EST projects.

  9. Single-nucleotide polymorphism - Wikipedia

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    Single-nucleotide polymorphism. The upper DNA molecule differs from the lower DNA molecule at a single base-pair location (a G/A polymorphism). In genetics and bioinformatics, a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP / snɪp /; plural SNPs / snɪps /) is a germline substitution of a single nucleotide at a specific position in the genome.