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  • adjective genetics Describing transcription factors that regulate the expression of genes on a different chromosome

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  • Today, about 25 cases of regulatory trans-acting antisense RNAs are known in E. coli4.

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  • Stoneley M, Willis AE (2004) Cellular internal ribosome entry segments: structures, trans-acting factors and regulation of gene expression.

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  • In order to identify the trans-acting factors involved in regulating resistin gene transcription, in silico analysis of the upstream 673 bp sequence of hres

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  • Arrows indicate the position of binding of the corresponding trans-acting factors to their cognate motif and the super-shifts using antibodies.

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  • These sequences can be cis-acting (affecting genes that are adjacent to the sequence) or trans-acting (affecting expression of the gene from a distant site), even on another chromosome.

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  • Arabidopsis were five of the eight trans-acting siRNA loci, and none was

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  • These proteins include the 79 ribosomal proteins, which remain associated to the mature subunits, as well as a large number of trans-acting factors.

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  • "A trans-acting locus regulates an anti-viral expression network and type 1 diabetes risk,"

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  • These include cis - and trans-acting regulators, as well as regulators that influence the expression of many genes.

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  • These include cis - and trans-acting regulators, as well as regulators that influence the expression of many genes.

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