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Transcription Factor Inhibition vs. Gene Methylation?
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[QUOTE="icakeov, post: 6850211, member: 563370"] I may mess up this question, and this is not my strong field of knowledge. I am wanting to understand different ways of genes not expressing themselves. So far I have come across two ways this happens (perhaps there are more?) - "transcription factors that inhibit gene transcription" - "genes are methylated, disabling transcription factors from expressing them" I am mainly wanting to confirm that these are two different processes that act to suppress the expression of the genes. The second one is obviously in the domain of epigenetics and methylation. My question is what exactly is the first one, where transcription factors themselves inhibit the expression. Would this still be considered in the domain of "epigenetics"? I am guessing not. Is this competition between transcription factors? Can this compete with epigenetic processes in any way? I am guessing if a gene is methylated and the transcription factor is coming to inhibit the gene, then it would be some sort of a double-whammy no-go? And vice versa, an expression of a gene has to satisfy both "not being methylated" and "transcription factor arriving 'uninhibited'" in order for it to be expressed? Any feedback and thoughts appreciated, and forgive me for any mess-ups in the formulation of the question. [/QUOTE]
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