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Does a gene always regulatethat regulates itself necessarily be a transcription factor?

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I am not a biologist, so please pardon the overly noob question. Some genes are TFtranscription factors (TF) and regulate other genes. My question is: if a gene is NOT a TF gene, can it regulate itself? E.g. given a system of 3 genes {g1,g2,g3} where only g1 and g2 are TF, then in a gene regulatory network, what are ALL possible parental sets of g3 (where in this GRN, you put a directed edge from the regulating gene to the regulated gene)? Will it be {{g1},{g1,g2},{g2},{}} or {{g3,g1},{g3,g1,g2},{g3,g2},{g3}}

I am not a biologist, so please pardon the overly noob question. Some genes are TF and regulate other genes. My question is: if a gene is NOT a TF gene, can it regulate itself? E.g. given a system of 3 genes {g1,g2,g3} where only g1 and g2 are TF, then in a gene regulatory network, what are ALL possible parental sets of g3 (where in this GRN, you put a directed edge from the regulating gene to the regulated gene)? Will it be {{g1},{g1,g2},{g2},{}} or {{g3,g1},{g3,g1,g2},{g3,g2},{g3}}

I am not a biologist, so please pardon the overly noob question. Some genes are transcription factors (TF) and regulate other genes. My question is: if a gene is NOT a TF gene, can it regulate itself? E.g. given a system of 3 genes {g1,g2,g3} where only g1 and g2 are TF, then in a gene regulatory network, what are ALL possible parental sets of g3 (where in this GRN, you put a directed edge from the regulating gene to the regulated gene)? Will it be {{g1},{g1,g2},{g2},{}} or {{g3,g1},{g3,g1,g2},{g3,g2},{g3}}

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Does gene always regulate itself

I am not a biologist, so please pardon the overly noob question. Some genes are TF and regulate other genes. My question is: if a gene is NOT a TF gene, can it regulate itself? E.g. given a system of 3 genes {g1,g2,g3} where only g1 and g2 are TF, then in a gene regulatory network, what are ALL possible parental sets of g3 (where in this GRN, you put a directed edge from the regulating gene to the regulated gene)? Will it be {{g1},{g1,g2},{g2},{}} or {{g3,g1},{g3,g1,g2},{g3,g2},{g3}}