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'''Transcription factor''': a cell protein that can bind to specific sites at DNA (see this) or a member of a set of such proteins, which after binding to DNA initiate a chain of events leading to expression of a particular gene. This usually leads to the synthesis of a protein determined by that gene.
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'''Transcription factor''': a cell protein that can bind to specific sites at [[DNA]] or a member of a set of such proteins, which after binding to DNA initiate a chain of events leading to expression of a particular gene. This usually leads to the synthesis of a protein determined by that gene.
 
[[category:Dioxin synopsis]]
 
[[category:Dioxin synopsis]]
 
<ref>Jouko Tuomisto, Terttu Vartiainen and Jouni T. Tuomisto: Dioxin synopsis. Report. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), ISSN 1798-0089 ; 14/2011 [http://www.thl.fi/thl-client/pdfs/81322e2c-e9b6-4003-bb13-995dcd1b68cb]</ref>
 
<ref>Jouko Tuomisto, Terttu Vartiainen and Jouni T. Tuomisto: Dioxin synopsis. Report. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), ISSN 1798-0089 ; 14/2011 [http://www.thl.fi/thl-client/pdfs/81322e2c-e9b6-4003-bb13-995dcd1b68cb]</ref>

Revision as of 10:20, 31 May 2011

Transcription factor: a cell protein that can bind to specific sites at DNA or a member of a set of such proteins, which after binding to DNA initiate a chain of events leading to expression of a particular gene. This usually leads to the synthesis of a protein determined by that gene. [1]


References

  1. Jouko Tuomisto, Terttu Vartiainen and Jouni T. Tuomisto: Dioxin synopsis. Report. National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL), ISSN 1798-0089 ; 14/2011 [1]