transcription initiation

collocation in English

meaningsoftranscriptionandinitiation

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transcription
noun
uk
/trænˈskrɪp.ʃən/us
/trænˈskrɪp.ʃən/
a written record of words ...
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initiation
noun
uk
/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/
formal
an occasion when ...
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(Definition oftranscriptionandinitiationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftranscription initiation

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In these genes the elongation pause site is relatively close to thetranscriptioninitiationsite.
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Multiple family members are generated by alternate splicing or by use of several cell type-specifictranscriptioninitiationsites.
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This region is called the core promoter because of its essential role intranscriptioninitiation.
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Transcriptioninitiationin particular is the primary level at which gene expression is regulated.
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General transcription factors are a group of proteins involved intranscriptioninitiationand regulation.
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Later, it was discovered that genes could be positively regulated and also regulated at steps that followtranscriptioninitiation.
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Repressors can directly inhibittranscriptioninitiationby binding to a site upstream of a promoter and interacting with the transcriptional machinery.
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The lactase promoter is 150 base pairs long and is located just upstream of the site oftranscriptioninitiation.
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The different transcripts result from the use of alternatetranscriptioninitiationsites.
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Thus, the accepted view was that sigma factor must dissociate upon transition fromtranscriptioninitiation to transcription elongation (this transition is called promoter escape).
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This is most prominently achieved through modification of the "transcriptioninitiationprocess" by a variety of transcription factors produced from receptor activity.
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Transcriptioninitiationis more complex in eukaryotes.
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