Promoter
In genetics, a promoter is a DNA sequence that enables a gene to be transcribed. The promoter is recognized by RNA polymerase, which then initiates transcription.
Promoter sequences
Prokaryotic promoters
In prokaryotes, the promoter consists of two short sequences at -10 and -35 position upstream of the gene, that is, prior to the gene in the direction of transctiption.
<-- upstream downstream -->
5'-XXXXXXXPPPPPXXXXXXPPPPPXXXXGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGXXXX-3'
-35 -10 Gene to be transcribed
Eukaryotic promoters
See Michael Levine and Robert Tjian. Transcription regulation and animal diversity. Nature 424, 147 - 151 (10 July 2003)
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