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Promoters

[pruh-moh-ter]

pro·mot·er

[pruh-moh-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that promotes, furthers, or encourages.
2.
a person who initiates or takes part in the organizing of a company, development of a project, etc.
3.
a person who organizes and provides financial backing for a sporting event or entertainment.
4.
Chemistry. any substance that in small amounts is capable of increasing the activity of a catalyst.
5.
Also called collector. Metallurgy. a water-repellent reagent enhancing the ability of certain ores to float so that they can be extracted by the flotation process.
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6.
Genetics.
a.
a site on a DNA molecule at which RNA polymerase binds and initiates transcription.
b.
a gene sequence that activates transcription.
7.
Obsolete. an informer.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English; see promote, -er1; replacing earlier promotour < Anglo-French

self-pro·mot·er, noun
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Promoters is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Medical Dictionary

promoter pro·mot·er (prə-mō'tər)
n.

  1. A substance that increases the activity of a catalyst.

  2. A DNA molecule to which RNA polymerase binds, initiating the transcription of mRNA.

  3. A chemical that may promote carcinogenicity or mutagenicity.

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promoter   (prə-mō'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.
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