(a) Within this simple eukaryotic transcriptional unit, a simple core promoter (TATA), an upstream activator sequence (UAS), and a silencer element are spaced within 100 to 200 base pairs of the ...

Promoter sequences define the direction of transcription and indicate which DNA strand will be transcribed; this strand is known as the sense strand. Many eukaryotic genes have a conserved ...

While previous research had described bidirectional promoters in eukaryotes, as well as in a few bacteria and archaea species, the new study establishes divergent transcription—the reading of genes in ...