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Regulatory and basal transcription factors regulate transcription by binding to the promoter.A) True B) False

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False

Step-by-step explanation:

In eukaryotes apart from RNA polymerase, the transcription of genes requires many different proteins called transcription factors. These transcription factors are important to initiate and regulate transcription.

There are two types of transcription factors regulatory and basal transcription factors. Basal transcription factors regulate transcription by binding to a gene promoter and regulatory transcription factor regulates transcription by binding to some regulatory sequences for example enhancers and silencers.

Therefore only basal transcription factor binds to the promoter for regulating transcription. Therefore the statement is false.

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