Term: erythroid lineage cell transcriptional attenuation
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Name: erythroid lineage cell
Synonyms: erythroid lineage cells
Definition: A immature or mature cell in the lineage leading to and including erythrocytes.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009325]
Name: transcriptional attenuation
Synonyms:
Definition: 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0031555]    QuickGO    AmiGO