insulator (RELEASE_2.5.1) |
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SO Accession: | SO:0000627 (SOWiki) |
Definition: | A transcriptional cis regulatory region that when located between a CM and a gene's promoter prevents the CRM from modulating that genes expression. |
Synonyms: | insulator element |
DB Xrefs: | SO: regcreative |
Parent: | transcriptional_cis_regulatory_region (SO:0001055) |
Child: | insulator_binding_site (SO:0001460) |
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