Development of Transcription factors

Question 1

Regulatory transcription factors

Answer 1

bind to specific sequences of nucleotides near their target region and these are activators or repressors

Question 2

What do activators do?

Answer 2

Bind enhancers and activate nearby promoters

Question 3

What are promoter?

Answer 3

Promoters are the start sites of a gene

Question 4

Enhancers

Answer 4

short regulatory elements of accessible DNA that help establish the transcriptional program of cells by increasing transcription of target genes

Question 5

What are enhancers usually bound to?

Answer 5

multiple transcription factors, ensures enhancers are active in the right place at the right time