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What is the purpose of a positive and negative transcription factor?​

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That's how negative transcription factors work in plant and animal cells. Hope this helps as well. Negative transcription factors (repressors) prevent transcription of certain pieces of DNA. One example, is the suppression of the lac operon.

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