cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding

Term ID

GO:0000987

Synonyms

• bacterial-type cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
• bacterial-type proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
• bacterial-type RNA polymerase core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
• bacterial-type RNA polymerase enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
• bacterial-type RNA polymerase upstream activating sequence (UAS) sequence-specific DNA binding
• cis-regulatory region binding
• core promoter proximal region DNA binding
• core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
• enhancer binding
• enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding
• eubacterial-type RNA polymerase regulatory transcription factor sequence-specific DNA binding
• promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding
• proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding

Definition

Binding to a specific upstream regulatory DNA sequence (transcription factor recognition sequence or binding site, located in cis relative to the transcription start site (i.e., on the same strand of DNA) of a gene transcribed by some RNA polymerase. Cis-regulatory sites are often referred to as a sequence motifs, enhancers, or silencers.

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO