W-box
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W-box refers to a group of plant genes which are beginning with the sequence TTGACC or TTGACT. When the plant becomes stressed by cold, insects, etc it produces the transcription factor WRKY which binds to said sequences, thus triggering the transcription of the genes.
[edit] See also
- G-box
- I-box
- T-box
- Z-box
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