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TATA box: a short DNAplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigDNA: deoxyribonucleic acid. The genetic material for nearly all life on Earth. sequenceplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigSequence: the precise order of monomers in a polymer. In DNA, it refers to the order of G, A, T, and C nucleotides. In RNA, it refers to the order of G, A, U, and C nucleotides. In proteins, it refers to the order of amino acids. that is part of most eukaryoticplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigeukaryote: organism whose cells have membrane bound organelles, including the nucleus. promotersplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigPromoter: has multiple closely related but subtly different meanings depending on context:
* In bacteria, a promoter is a cis-acting DNA sequence near the transcription start site of a gene or operon that binds to bacterial RNA polymerase. * In eukaryotes, the formal definition of a promoter (also called a basal promoter) is a RNA located around 35-40 bp upstreamplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigUpstream/downstream: These descriptors have different meanings depending on context:
* In genetics, these are terms used to describe directions on DNA, usually relative to the transcription start site of a gene. DNA sequences that are located in the same direction as the direction of of the transcriptionplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigRNA transcription: the process of RNA polymerase using the DNA sequence of a gene as a template to form an mRNA (in prokaryotes) or pre-mRNA (in eukaryotes). In most cases, “transcription” implies RNA transcription. start site. It is the binding site for TATA binding proteinplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigTATA binding protein: a protein that binds to the TATA box that helps to initiate transcription in eukaryotes. (TBPplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigTATA binding protein: a protein that binds to the TATA box that helps to initiate transcription in eukaryotes.).