general transcription factor
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general transcription factor
[jen·rəl tranz′kript·shən ‚fak·tər] (cell and molecular biology)
In eukaryotes, a protein that binds to ribonucleic acid polymerase to form a preinitiation complex that is necessary to begin transcription.
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