down promoter mutation

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(thing) by BioTech (9 mon) (print)   (I like it!) Mon Dec 20 2004 at 23:11:47

A mutation (a change in base pair sequence) in a promoter region; this results in lower gene expression (less transcription of the gene occurs).

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

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