transcription

Question 1

what does the Assembly of the Pre-Initiation Complex require?

Answer 1

General Transcription Factors that Recruit Pol II
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Question 2

what do Upstream activators bind to?

Answer 2

short regulatory DNA
sequences

Question 3

are Transcription factors are trans-acting factors?

Answer 3

yes

Question 4

Transcription factors can work in different ways to
either….

Answer 4

• Increase assembly of the pre-initiation complex
• Increase RNA polymerase II release from the PIC to
  initiate transcription

Question 5

what domains do Transcription Activators have ?

Answer 5

DNA Binding Domain and
an Activation Domain

Question 6

what are the different transcription patterns for transcription factors?

Answer 6

• Expressed in all cells – activate housekeeping genes
• Expressed in tissue-specific way – active tissue-specific
  genes
• Expressed in inactive form and activated in response
  to environment

Question 7

what are LCRs?

Answer 7

locus control regions