Cis-Regulatory Elements: Promoters Enhancers Silencers and Insulators

The vocabulary of the regulatory half. Atomic: the class definitions and what distinguishes them.

Questions this Concept answers

Why is an insulator classified separately from a silencer even though both can reduce gene expression at a locus?

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Cis-regulatory element

Cis-regulatory elements are stretches of non-coding DNA on the same molecule as the gene they control, and they work by providing binding sites for trans-acting proteins such as transcription factors…