transcription factor
noun
: any of various proteins that bind to DNA and play a role in the regulation of gene expression by promoting transcription
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The genetic transcription factors that handle the development of sea robins’ legs are also found in other animals’ limbs–including our own.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
Genes rely on transcription factors to perform many essential functions in organs.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Currently, the team is searching for similar transcription factors in lungs with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidneys with chronic kidney disease.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
As with other species, the scientists reprogrammed the elephant cells by exposing them to a series of different chemicals and then adding proteins called transcription factors that turn on particular genes to change how the cells functions.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Sep. 2024
Genes rely on transcription factors to perform many essential functions in organs.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
Currently, the team is searching for similar transcription factors in lungs with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidneys with chronic kidney disease.
—Emily Mullin, WIRED, 22 Aug. 2024
As with other species, the scientists reprogrammed the elephant cells by exposing them to a series of different chemicals and then adding proteins called transcription factors that turn on particular genes to change how the cells functions.
—Matt Reynolds, WIRED, 6 Mar. 2024
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“Transcription factor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transcription%20factor. Accessed 30 Sep. 2024.
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