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Category:GO:0031555 ! transcriptional attenuation
name: transcriptional attenuation
namespace: biological_process
def: "A negative regulation of gene expression mechanism by which bacteria and archae can direct RNA polymerase to prematurely terminate transcription in response to a specific metabolic signal." [PMID:12210530, PMID:15851059, PMID:7007895]
xref: Wikipedia:Attenuator_(genetics)
is_a: GO:0010629 ! negative regulation of gene expression
is_a: GO:0060566 ! positive regulation of termination of DNA-templated transcription
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<GOterm>GO:0031555</GOterm>
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