Transactivate Definition

trăns-ăktə-vāt, trănz-
transactivates
verb
To stimulate the transcription of (a gene in a host cell) by binding to DNA. Genes can be transactivated naturally by a virus or cellular protein or artificially by the insertion of a transactivator gene and segment of DNA into a cell.
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To stimulate the transcription of a gene in a host cell by binding to DNA. Genes can be transactivated naturally by a virus or cellular protein or artificially by the insertion of a transactivator gene and segment of DNA into a cell.
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