- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 69
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Ana María ALCONCHEL SEBASTIÁN, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Inés PLAZA FONTANET, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO
- Creation / modification date: 30-01-2014
- Term: CAT box
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A conserved sequence found within the promoter region of the protein-encoding genes of many eukaryotic organisms which has the canonical sequence GGPyCAATCT.
- Context: A CAT box […] is often located at about -80bp, which is an important determinant of promoter efficiency.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición (revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: SOLARI, Alberto Juan (2009). Genética Humana. Fundamentos y aplicaciones en medicina. 3ª ed. Buenos Aires: Editorial Panamericana ; PASSARGE, Eberhard (2007). Genética. Texto y atlas (Trad. Viviana Bumaschny, Karen Mikkelsen y Daniela Noaín). Madrid: Editorial Panamericana (Obra original publicada en 2007).
- Context: LEWIN, Benjamin (1994). Genes (Trad. Andrés Aguilera, Francisco Javier Avalos, Isabel López, Eduardo Santero y Juan Jiménez). 2ª ed Barcelona: Editorial Reverté.
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