core promoter binding

id: GO:0001047
name: core promoter binding
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the regulatory region composed of the transcription start site and binding sites for the basal transcription machinery. Binding may occur as a sequence specific interaction or as an interaction observed only once a factor has been recruited to the DNA by other factors.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0001046core promoter sequence-specific DNA binding

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044212transcription regulatory region DNA binding