enhancer
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- noun
- /ɪnˈhænsər/
- Specialized
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mejorador
- And these are regions called enhancers that somehow control the extent to which the gene is is switched on or off.
- enhancer-promoter
- enhancer genes
- enhancer RNA transcription
But now in every one of these loci, you have many enhancers controlling each of those genes.
- But now in every one of these loci, you have many enhancers controlling each of those genes.
Examples
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But now in every one of these loci, you have many enhancers controlling each of those genes.
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In general, the occupancy of Pol II is higher at promoters than at enhancers.
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And that's because the enhancer is sort of downstream in the gene.
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X protein has trans-activation activity on the HBV enhancer and on other cellular genes.
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Activation of enhancers is often associated with the production of eRNAs.
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Gene expression enhancers are important in nVGDS to facilitate endosomal escape.
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We first predicted potential human enhancers that are active in mouse embryos on embryonic day 11.5.
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The physical interaction between enhancers and promoters requires cohesin and mediator complexes.
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Cohesin and Mediator physically interact with each other and co-occupy both active enhancers and promoters.
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The enhancer is a crucial part of the genome that helps increase the expression of neighboring genes.
Synonyms
A DNA segment that controls nearby genes by starting or stopping their protein production
How Active
- Specialized
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Enhancer comes from the verb enhance, made from en- 'make' plus a root that means 'high', the same idea as the English word high. So in biology an enhancer 'raises' a gene's activity, which helps you remember that it makes the gene work more.