... an attempt to overcome this obstacle, some transcription factors known as "enhancer-binding proteins" were developed. These enhancer-binding proteins located upstream or downstream, bind to regions of DNA that are actually thousands of base pairs away from the gene they control. This binding event increases the rate of transcription. RNA polymerase is also influenced to work more efficiently ... , through an operon used by activators. The operon bonds directly with DNA and in its absence, the DNA polymerase proceeds at a slower rate. The activator-enhancer complex involved in the process...

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