GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0000987 - cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0000987
- Name
- cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
- Ontology or CV name
- GO molecular function
- 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.
