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In molecular biology and genetics, a transcription factor is a protein that binds to specific DNA sequences, thereby controlling the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNATranscription factors perform this function alone or with other proteins in a complex, by promoting, or blocking the recruitment of RNA polymerase to specific genes.
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