What Sequences are Not Considered to Be Regulatory Elements

Question

What sequences are not considered to be regulatory elements?
A) Enhancers
B) Silencers
C) Core promoters
D) Cis-acting elements
E) General transcription factors

Accepted Answer

General transcription factors are proteins, not sequences, that are involved in the transcription process by helping to form the transcription pre-initiation complex. Regulatory elements, on the other hand, are specific DNA sequences (such as enhancers, silencers, core promoters, and cis-acting elements) that control the transcription of nearby genes.