Transcriptional Regulation

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1 Transcriptional Regulation
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3 Activators-bind enhancer elements
Transcriptional Control—by Transcription Factors (DNA-binding proteins) Activators-bind enhancer elements Repressors-bind repressor elements (or ‘operator elements’, or ‘operators’ in bacteria) 3

4 Prokaryotic ‘Operons’
examples 4

5 Trp Operon-Biosynthesis
-10 -35 5

8 Lac Operon-Catabolism
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10 Lactose ON -35 -10 10

11 Lactose ON -35 -10 -10 -35 11

13 In the absence of glucose….
cAMP 13

16 Eukaryotic Genes 16

18 Combinatorial Control of Gene Expression
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22 induced Pluripotent Stem cell
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24 Regulatory protein 1 Off

25 Gene Silencing 23