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ISBN: 9781259188121
Author: Peter Stiling, Robert Brooker, Linda Graham, Eric Widmaier
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13, Problem 3TY
Transcription factors that bind to DNA and stimulate transcription are
- a. repressors.
- b. small effector molecules.
- c. activators.
- d. promoters.
- e. operators.
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