GO molecular function ontology term - GO:0003700 - DNA-binding transcription factor activity
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0003700
- Name
- DNA-binding transcription factor activity
- Ontology or CV name
- GO molecular function
- Definition
- A transcription regulator activity that modulates transcription of gene sets via selective and non-covalent binding to a specific double-stranded genomic DNA sequence (sometimes referred to as a motif) within a cis-regulatory region. Regulatory regions include promoters (proximal and distal) and enhancers. Genes are transcriptional units, and include bacterial operons.
