Medical Definition of Enhancer element

1. A DNA sequence, present in the genomes of higher eukaryotes and of various animal viruses, which can increase the transcription of genes into messenger RNA. These control element frequently found 5' to the start site of a gene, when bound by a specific transcription factor, enhance the levels of expression of the gene, but are not sufficient alone to cause expression. Distinguished from a promoter, that is alone sufficient to cause expression of the gene when bound, in practice, the two terms merge. Enhancers usually can function in either orientation and at various distances from a promoter. Compare: promoter. (03 Jul 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Enhancer Element

engulphs
enhalo
enhaloed
enhaloes
enhaloing
enhalos
enhance
enhanced
enhancement
enhancement
enhancements
enhancement effect
enhancer
enhancers
enhancers
enhancer element (current term)
enhancer sequence
enhancer trap
enhances
enhancing
enhancing brain nodule
enhancive
enharmonic
enharmonical
enharmonically
enheahedral
enheahedron
enhearse
enhearsed
enhearses

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