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A type of gene expression control in bacteria. Transcription of a gene under this type of control is induced only when a repressor protein present in the cell is inactivated.
This is the machine that actually reads the DNA code and makes the RNA. Transcription factors that promote gene expression are called activators. Figure 1 shows transcription factors and RNA polymerase (RNAP) making an mRNA copy of the DNA. Interestingly, transcription factors can also prevent the transcription of a gene.