Octamer transcription factor
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An octamer transcription factor is a transcription factor
Transcription factor
In molecular biology and genetics, a transcription factor is a protein that binds to specific DNA sequences, thereby controlling the flow of genetic information from DNA to mRNA...

 which binds to the "ATTTGCAT" sequence.

Examples include:
  • Oct-1 -
  • Oct-2
    Oct-2
    Oct-2 is a octamer transcription factor which is part of the POU family....

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  • Oct-3/4
    Oct-4
    Oct-4 also known as POU5F1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU5F1 gene. Oct-4 is a homeodomain transcription factor of the POU family. This protein is critically involved in the self-renewal of undifferentiated embryonic stem cells...

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  • Oct-6
    POU3F1
    POU domain, class 3, transcription factor 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU3F1 gene....

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  • Oct-7
    POU3F2
    POU domain, class 3, transcription factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU3F2 gene....

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  • Oct-8 -
  • Oct-9
    POU3F2
    POU domain, class 3, transcription factor 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU3F2 gene....

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  • Oct-11
    POU2F3
    POU domain, class 2, transcription factor 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the POU2F3 gene.-Further reading:...

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