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promoter
[ pruh-moh-ter ]
/ prəˈmoʊ tər /
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OTHER WORDS FROM promoter
self-pro·mot·er, nounWords nearby promoter
promissory note, promo, promonarchist, promontory, promote, promoter, promotion, promotive, promposal, prompt, promptbook
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British Dictionary definitions for promoter
promoter
/ (prəˈməʊtə) /
noun
a person or thing that promotes
a person who helps to organize, develop, or finance an undertaking
a person who organizes and finances a sporting event, esp a boxing match
chem a substance added in small amounts to a catalyst to increase its activity
genetics a sequence of nucleotides, associated with a structural gene, that must bind with messenger RNA polymerase before transcription can proceed
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Scientific definitions for promoter
promoter
[ prə-mō′tər ]
The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.
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