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Title: How are transcription factors like a switch?
Post by: DustiG on Feb 7, 2018
How are transcription factors like a switch?
 
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Title: How are transcription factors like a switch?
Post by: Greatshiz55 on Feb 7, 2018
ANS:
Transcription factors bind to regulatory enhancer sequences in DNA that are upstream of a gene. Once bound, the factors can help a polymerase to transcribe the DNA into RNA, thereby turning on the gene.