Eukaryotic Transcriptional Gene Regulation

This text discusses the promoter & the transcription machinery; enhancers & transcription; and turning genes off: transcriptional repressors. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.

Topics

  • 3' UTR
  • 5' cap
  • 5' UTR
  • activator
  • catabolite activator protein
  • CAP
  • cis-acting element
  • dicer
  • DNA methylation
  • enhancer
  • epigenetic
  • eukaryotic initiation factor-2
  • eIF-2
  • gene expression
  • guanine diphosphate
  • GDP
  • guanine triphosphate
  • GTP
  • histone acetylation
  • inducible operon
  • initiation complex
  • lac operon
  • large 60S ribosomal subunit
  • microRNA
  • miRNA
  • myc
  • negative regulator
  • operator
  • operon
  • poly-A tail
  • positive regulator
  • post-transcriptional
  • post-translational
  • proteasome
  • repressor
  • RISC
  • RNA stability
  • RNA-binding protein
  • RBP
  • small
  • 40S ribosomal subunit
  • trans-acting element
  • transcription factor
  • binding site
  • transcriptional start site
  • trp operon
  • tryptophan
  • untranslated region
  • transcription
  • regulation
  • eukaryotic gene regulation
  • gene regulation
  • transcription factor binding site
  • transcriptional gene regulation
  • eukaryotic transcriptional gene