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=='''Repressors & Activators'''==
 
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Repressors and activators are transcription factors -- proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences and regulate the transcription of a nearby gene or genes.  They also bind "ligands," small molecules that play a role in repressing  or activating transcription by altering the conformation (3D-shape) of the transcription factor.
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Repressors and activators are transcription factors -- proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences and regulate the transcription of one or more nearby genes.  They also bind "ligands," small molecules that play a role in repressing  or activating transcription by altering the conformation (3D-shape) of the transcription factor.

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Repressors & Activators

Repressors and activators are transcription factors -- proteins that bind to specific DNA sequences and regulate the transcription of one or more nearby genes. They also bind "ligands," small molecules that play a role in repressing or activating transcription by altering the conformation (3D-shape) of the transcription factor.