Biology A-Level
terminator region
What terminator region means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of terminator region
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A sequence at the far end that causes RNA polymerase to detach, releasing the mRNA and preventing the enzyme running on into neighbouring DNA.
Topics that use terminator region
- Recombinant DNA technology (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- cDNA and reverse transcriptase
- complementary base pairing
- DNA ligase
- insertional inactivation
- polymerase chain reaction
- post-translational modification
- primers
- promoter region
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