Biology A-Level
promoter region
What promoter region means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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The site of its target genes to which the oestrogen-receptor complex binds after moving into the nucleus, stimulating RNA polymerase so that transcription begins.
A specific base sequence upstream of the gene to which RNA polymerase, and in eukaryotes the necessary transcription factors, bind.
The stretch of DNA lying just before the gene, to which a transcriptional factor binds at a specific base sequence.
The part of a gene that transcription factors bind to, enabling RNA polymerase to transcribe that gene into mRNA.
The part of a gene that a transcription factor binds to, allowing RNA polymerase to begin transcription.
Topics that use promoter region
- Most of a cell’s DNA is not translated (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Recombinant DNA technology (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Regulation of transcription and translation (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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