CRE gene
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The cre protein is 343 amino acids long. Cre and loxP are separated by a 434 base pair region that has a 73 amino acid open reading frame, orf1. Cre and orf1 are oriented in a way so that their terminal ends are proximal to the loxP site.
There are 3 promoters upstream from the gene