Promoter vs Regulon - What's the difference?
promoter | regulon |
One who promotes, particularly with respect to entertainment events or goods.
(genetics) The section of DNA that controls the initiation of RNA transcription as a product of a gene.
An accelerator of catalysis, though not itself a catalyst.
A group of genes that is regulated by the same regulatory molecule. The genes of a regulon share a common regulatory element binding site or promoter. The genes comprising a regulon may be located non-contiguously in the genome.
