Enhancer (genetics) - Theories

Theories

Currently, there are two different theories on the information processing that occurs on enhancers:

  • Enhanceosomes - rely on highly cooperative, coordinated action and can be disabled by single point mutations that move or remove the binding sites of individual proteins.
  • Flexible billboards - less integrative, multiple proteins independently regulate gene expression and their sum is read in by the basal transcriptional machinery

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