Important Terms

gene regulation

structural gene

regulatory gene

constitutive gene

regulatory element

domain

operon

regulator gene

regulator protein

operator

negative control

positive control

inducible operon

repressible operon

inducer

allosteric protein

corepressor

coordinate induction

partial diploid

catabolite repression

catabolite activator protein (CAP)

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

attenuation

attenuator

antiterminator

antisense RNA

riboswitch