Promoter (genetics)
REGION OF DNA THAT INITIATES TRANSCRIPTION OF A PARTICULAR GENE
Promoter region; Promoter regions (genetics); Gene promoter; Promoter site; U6 promoter; Promotor (biology); Promoter gene; Regulatable promoter; Promoter (biology); Constitutive promoter; Gene promotor; Core promoter element; Proximal promoter element; Promoter sequence; Core promoter; -35 box; Transcription promoter
In genetics, a promoter is a sequence of DNA to which proteins bind to initiate transcription of a single RNA transcript from the DNA downstream of the promoter. The RNA transcript may encode a protein (mRNA), or can have a function in and of itself, such as tRNA or rRNA.