Glossary Term | Enhancer |
Definition | One of the necessary regulatory elements of a gene. An enhancer is a site on DNA to which a complex of transcription factors binds to affect the availability of the promoter to RNA polymerase. A gene may have multiple enhancers. |
Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO) |
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