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promoter-proximal element
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Definition "regulatory sequence in eukaryotic DNA that is located close to (within 200 base pairs) a promoter and binds a specific protein thereby modulating transcription of the associated protein coding gene" Reference "Bob Argiropoulos. BIOLOGY 463 - GENE REGULATION IN DEVELOPMENT (12.4.2021) > 'Lecture 2 Gene Structure' (12.4.2021)"
Comment Many genes are controlled by multiple promoter-proximal elements.