Term Name: DNA-binding transcription factor activity
Synonyms: bacterial-type DNA binding transcription factor activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription enhancer sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription factor activity, metal ion regulated sequence-specific DNA binding, bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding, DNA binding transcription factor activity, gene-specific transcription factor activity, metal ion regulated sequence-specific DNA binding bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription factor activity, metal ion regulated sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity, nucleic acid binding transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity, transcription factor activity, transcription factor activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding, transcription factor activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding, transcription factor activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription enhancer sequence-specific binding, transcription factor activity, metal ion regulated sequence-specific DNA binding
Definition: A transcription regulator activity that modulates transcription of gene sets via selective and non-covalent binding to a specific double-stranded genomic DNA sequence (sometimes referred to as a motif) within a cis-regulatory region. Regulatory regions include promoters (proximal and distal) and enhancers. Genes are transcriptional units, and include bacterial operons.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0003700]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: regulation of DNA-templated transcription
is a type of: transcription regulator activity
has subtype: DNA-binding transcription activator activity DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific DNA-binding transcription repressor activity ligand-modulated transcription factor activity sigma factor activity
has_part: transcription cis-regulatory region binding
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity
positively regulated by: positive regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity
regulated by: regulation of DNA-binding transcription factor activity