IMPORTANT TERMS

gene regulation

structural gene

regulatory gene

constitutive gene

regulatory element

operon

regulator gene

regulator protein

operator

negative control

positive control

inducible operon

repressible operon

inducer

allosteric protein

corepressor

coordinate induction

partial diploid

constitutive mutation

catabolite repression

catabolite activator protein (CAP)

adenosine-3′,5′-cyclic ­monophosphate (cAMP)

chromatin-remodeling complex

histone code

general transcription factor

transcriptional regulator protein

enhancer

transcriptional activator protein

coactivator

silencer

insulator

heat-shock protein

response element

epigenetic marks

paramutation

epialleles

epigenome