transcription factor

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(Biyoloji) In molecular biology and genetics, a transcription factor (sometimes called a sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that binds to specific DNA sequences, thereby controlling the flow (or transcription) of genetic information from DNA to mRNA. Transcription factors perform this function alone or with other proteins in a complex, by promoting (as an activator), or blocking (as a repressor) the recruitment of RNA polymerase (the enzyme that performs the transcription of genetic information from DNA to RNA) to specific genes
transcription factor

    Hyphenation

    tran·scrip·tion fac·tor

    Turkish pronunciation

    tränskrîpşın fäktır

    Pronunciation

    /ˌtranˈskrəpsʜən ˈfaktər/ /ˌtrænˈskrɪpʃən ˈfæktɜr/
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