cis-acting gene

(thing) by BioTech Sun Apr 25 2004 at 15:53:26

A gene which regulates the transcription into mRNA of other genes nearby on the same chromosome by binding protein transcription factors which are necessary to turn transcription on or off.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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