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Promoter

DNA sequence that signals RNA polymerase where to begin transcribing a gene.

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Promoter

DNA sequence that signals RNA polymerase where to begin transcribing a gene.

It is a DNA sequence located before the start site of a gene that is recognized by transcription factors and by RNA polymerase to position the start of RNA synthesis.

It determines which genes are transcribed and how efficiently, making it one of the main control points of gene expression in all organisms.

The video states that in bacteria it is characterized by two consensus sequences, the −35 box and the −10 box or Pribnow box, and that its recognition by the sigma factor forms a closed complex that then opens to expose the +1 start site.

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