PrinciplesOfSynBio Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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What is a promoter?
A
A promoter is the region where RNA polymerase binds to start the transcription of a region of DNA and production of RNA
2
Q
What is RNA polymerase?
A
RNAP is an enzyme that transcribes DNA to RNA
3
Q
How does a promoter regulate gene expression?
A
It can bind to different proteins that might block or allow transcription and at different strengths and thus repress or enable transcription
4
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What are transcription factors?
A
The name for proteins that bind to promoters and either repress or express transcription at a given locus
