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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Transcription Factors > Transcription Factors, General
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > DNA-Binding Proteins > Transcription Factors, General

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Transcription Factors, General  

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  • General Transcription Factors

Scope note

  • Transcription factors that form transcription initiation complexes on DNA, bind to specific DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES and are required to initiate transcription. Although their binding may be localized to distinct sequence and structural motifs within the DNA they are considered non-specific with regard to the specific gene being transcribed.

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  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D035165

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