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transcription factor

protein that binds to DNA and regulates gene expression by promoting or suppressing transcription
Class type of: DNA-binding protein Q407384

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
group or class of proteins
Subclass of
DNA-binding protein[2]
Molecular function
DNA-binding transcription factor activity[3]
P14541
1jPCH0, 389i7T[4][5]
🏷️ Also known as
en transcription factor en transcription factors ar عوامل النسخ ar عامل النسخ ar عامل نسخ cs transkripční faktor cs transkripční faktory da transskriptionsfaktor de Transkriptionsfaktoren de Trans-Elemente de Trans-Element de Transkriptionsfaktor el αλληλουχιοειδικός παράγοντας δέσμευσης DNA el Παράγοντας μεταγραφής el TF es factor de transcripción es Factores de transcripción es factor de unión a una secuencia específica de ADN fa سازهٔ رونویسی fa فاکتور رونویسی ژنتیکی
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Library of Congress authority ID
sh92005483
OpenAlex ID
C86339819
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
LacI Dimer Structure Annotated.png ↗
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
transkriptionsfaktoren-molekularbiologie
Enciclopedia della Scienza e della Tecnica ID
fattori-di-trascrizione
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
128046, 129929
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/transcription-factor
Freebase ID
/m/07r4v
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
transcription-factors
KBpedia ID
TranscriptionFactor
Lex ID
transskriptionsfaktor
MeSH descriptor ID
D014157
Show all 23 identifiers +11
MeSH tree code
D12.776.930
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
86339819
NALT ID
34250
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007537188805171
Open Library subject ID
transcription_factors
Topic's main category
Category:Transcription factors
Treccani's Dizionario di Medicina ID
fattore-di-trascrizione
UMLS CUI
C0040648
WikiSkripta article ID
4351
YSO ID
28385
Yale LUX ID
concept/f7ab878b-4053-4e90-b8de-700158a5847c

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🔗 Connections
Subtypes 10
sigma factor, hypoxia-inducible factor, basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, morphogen, transcription factor STAT, Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), FOX proteins, T-box +2 more
Examples 2
repressor, activator
Subclass of 1
DNA-binding protein
Topic's main category 1
Category:Transcription factors
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Transcription factors
← Field of work 1
Gregg L. Semenza
← Main subject 1
Master Regulator Analysis
← Template has topic 1
Template:Transcription factors and intracellular receptors
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Summary

transcription factor is a group or class of proteins[1].

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  1. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1jPCH0, 389i7T
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 20w ago · C960657 · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex ID → transskriptionsfaktor
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Lex ID: transskriptionsfaktor"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → DNA-binding protein
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ YSO ID: 28385, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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