activation domain 382

activators 354

antitermination factor 377

bromodomain 394

carboxy-terminal domain (CTD) 370

chromatin-mediated repression 390

chromodomain 407

co-activator 386

co-repressor 393

DNase I footprinting 380

enhanceosome 388

enhancers 359

general transcription factors 373

heat-shock genes 402

histone deacetylation 393

leucine zipper 386

MAT locus (in yeast) 391

Mediator 390

nuclear receptors 386

promoter 364

promoter-proximal elements 378

repression domain 384

repressors 354

RNA polymerase II 367

silencer sequences 391

specific transcription factors 380

TATA box 371

TATA box–binding protein (TBP) 374

upstream activating sequence (UAS) 380

zinc finger 385