activator

allosteric effector

allosteric site

allosteric transition

antiterminator

attenuation

attenuator

catabolite activator protein (CAP)

catabolite repression

cis-acting

constitutive mutation

coordinately controlled genes

cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP)

DNA-binding domain

genetic switch

inducer

induction

initiator

leader sequence

lysogenic cycle

lytic cycle

negative control

operator

operon

partial diploid

positive control

promoter

regulon

repressor

trans-acting