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E.g., flower or TO:0000303.
E.g., d1 or waxy.

expand all sections collapse all sections  molecular_function Term "transcription cofactor activity" (GO:0003712)
Term Name transcription cofactor activity
Term Accession GO:0003712
Aspect molecular_function
Synonyms (2) transcriptional co-regulator, transcriptional cofactor activity
Definition Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a regulatory transcription factor and also with the basal transcription machinery in order to modulate transcription. Cofactors generally do not bind DNA, but rather mediate protein-protein interactions between regulatory transcription factors and the basal transcription machinery.
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