Term Name: promoter
Synonyms: INSDC_feature:regulatory, INSDC_qualifier:promoter, promoter sequence
Definition: A regulatory_region composed of the TSS(s) and binding sites for TF_complexes of the core transcription machinery. A region (DNA) to which RNA polymerase binds, to begin transcription.
Ontology: Sequence Ontology [SO:0000167]

Relationships
has parts: core_promoter_element promoter_element PSE_motif
is a type of: gene_component_region transcriptional_cis_regulatory_region
has subtype: bidirectional_promoter constitutive_promoter cryptic_promoter eukaryotic_promoter inducible_promoter prokaryotic_promoter viral_promoter