Controlling element
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Control Elements are associated with most eukaryotic genes
- segments are non-coding DNA segments that regulate transcription by binding certain proteins
- segments are critical to the precise regulation of gene expression in different cell types
Proximal Control Elements - located close to the promoter
Distal Control Elements (= Enhancers) - may be thousands of nucleotides away from promoter
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