D site of albumin promoter (albumin D-box) binding protein, also known as DBP, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the ''DBP''
gene
In biology, the word gene (from , ; "... Wilhelm Johannsen coined the word gene to describe the Mendelian units of heredity..." meaning ''generation'' or ''birth'' or ''gender'') can have several different meanings. The Mendelian gene is a b ...
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DBP is a member of the PAR bZIP (Proline and Acidic amino acid-Rich basic leucine ZIPper)
transcription factor
In molecular biology, a transcription factor (TF) (or sequence-specific DNA-binding factor) is a protein that controls the rate of transcription of genetic information from DNA to messenger RNA, by binding to a specific DNA sequence. The f ...
family.
DBP binds to an upstream promoter in the
insulin gene.
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Transcription factors
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