DNA binding transcription antitermination factor activity

id: GO:0001073
name: DNA binding transcription antitermination factor activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Binds to DNA, typically within region of the promoter and transcribed region, to promote readthrough of a transcription termination site and thus extending the length of the RNA transcript produced. Examples of antitermination factors which bind DNA include the lambda Q protein.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0003700sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity