Transcriptional Regulation 1
2
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
Prokaryotic ‘Operons’ examples 4
Trp Operon-Biosynthesis -10 -35 5
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Lac Operon-Catabolism 8
-35 -10 9
Lactose ON -35 -10 10
Lactose ON -35 -10 -10 -35 11
-35 -10 12
In the absence of glucose…. cAMP 13
-35 -10 14
ON 15
Eukaryotic Genes 16
-25 17
Combinatorial Control of Gene Expression 18
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induced Pluripotent Stem cell 21
+ Feedback 22
Regulatory protein 1 Off
Gene Silencing 23