Artificial transcription factor

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An artificial transcription factor is an example of a chimeral protein, designed to target and modulate gene transcription (Gommans et. al., 2005).

They are generally composed of a DNA-binding domain (specific to a certain sequence) coupled to a modulatory domain (which acts upon other transcription factors) in order to alter the expression of a particular gene. It is also possible to downregulate expression of a gene by targeting the 5' untranslated region with a DNA-binding domain that lacks a regulatory domain; this will reduce transcription simply by blocking RNA polymerase progression along the DNA template.

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Gommans, W. M., H. J. Haisma and M. G. Rots (2005). "Engineering zinc finger protein transcription factors: the therapeutic relevance of switching endogenous gene expression on or off at command." Journal of Molecular Biology 354(3): 507-19.

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