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A protein that binds to DNA and stimulates transcription of a specific gene
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activator
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A type of regulation at the RNA-processing level in which different mRNA molecules are produced from the same primary transcript, depending on which RNA segments are treated as exons and which as introns
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alternative RNA splicing
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The structural and functional divergence of cells as they become specialized during a multicellular organism뭩 development; dependent on the control of gene expression
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cell differentiation
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The complex of DNA and proteins that makes up a eukaryotic chromosome. When the cell is not dividing, chromatin exists as a mass of very long, thin fibers that are not visible with a light microscope
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chromatin
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A segment of noncoding DNA that helps regulate transcription of a gene by binding proteins called transcription factors
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control element
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