How do transcription repressors work?

a. They bind to the same sequence where activators normally bind.
b. They bind to and disable the activator.
c. They recruit histone acetylation enzymes and thus interfere with chromatin remodeling.
d. They bind to RNA polymerase II and prevent it from binding to the transcription factor
complex
e. They methylate DNA.


A

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