promoter

(prə-mō'tər)
n.

1. One that promotes, especially an active supporter or advocate.
2. A financial and publicity organizer, as of a boxing match or an artistic performance.
3. Genetics. The region of an operon that acts as the initial binding site for RNA polymerase.

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A substance added to a catalyst to increase its activity.

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A person who devises a plan for a business venture; one who takes the preliminary steps necessary for the formation of a corporation.

Promoters are the people, who, for themselves or on behalf of others, organize a corporation. They issue a prospectus, obtain stock subscriptions, and secure a charter. Promoters stand in a fiduciary relationship to the proposed company and must act in good faith in all their dealings for the proposed corporation.

An individual or company that, for a fee, helps raise money for some type of investment activity. Most often, promoters raise money for a company through offering investment vehicles other than traditional stocks and bonds, such as limited partnerships and direct investment activities. Often times, these promoters are paid in company stock or free entrance into the investment activity as compensation for their work in raising funds from others.

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IN BRIEF: One who encourages another to succeed. Also: One who finances a sporting event.

I wanted to hire a promoter for the games so that many people would attend.

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symbol: P; a DNA sequence located 5′ to a gene that indicates the site for the initiation of transcription. It may influence the amount of mRNA produced and the tissue specificity of expression. The symbol may be subscripted to indicate particular promoters, e.g. P_RM, a promoter for the cI gene, RM standing for repressor maintenance. In prokaryotes consensus sequences centred at −10 (i.e. Pribnow box) and −35 nucleotides upstream from the transcription start site are recognized by RNA polymerase. Eukaryotic promoters have sequence elements that are recognized by general transcription factors such as TFIIA, TFIIB, TFIIC, TFIID (i.e. TATA-binding protein), TFIIE, TFIIH, and TFIIJ that form a transcription initiation complex with RNA polymerase II. TATA boxes (−25), CAAT boxes (−100), and GC boxes are often found in the promoters of housekeeping genes. In addition, eukaryotic promoters may have binding sites (response elements) for transcription factors found in only some cell types. Promoters for genes transcribed by RNA polymerase III may be downstream from the start site.

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A specific DNA sequence to which RNA polymerase binds and signals where RNA synthesis (transcription) should begin.

• internal p. — a class of enhancers which are gene-specific sequences that increase transcription.
• p. region — the non-coding nucleotide sequence at the transcription start region that is characterized by the presence of a number of conserved or consequence sequences.

For a list of words related to promoter, see:

• Substances, Particles, and Atomic Architecture - promoter: substance added to catalyst to increase its activity
• General Sports Terminology
• Boxing and Wrestling

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ophavsmand, promotor, aktivator

Nederlands (Dutch)
promotor, voorstander

Français (French)
n. - promoteur

Deutsch (German)
n. - Promoter, Veranstalter, Begründer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υποκινητής, κινητήριος μοχλός, υποστηρικτής, διοργανωτής ή/και χρηματοδότης αθλητικής, καλλιτεχνικής κ.λπ. εκδήλωσης

Italiano (Italian)
promotore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - promotor (m), patrocinador (m)

Русский (Russian)
покровитель, активатор, учредитель, антрепренер, импресарио

Español (Spanish)
n. - promotor, empresario

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - främjare, initiativtagare, stiftare, promotor

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
促进者, 助长者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 促進者, 助長者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 촉진자, 조장자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 増進者, 後援者, 奨励者, 発起人, 興業主, 助触媒

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مروج, متعهد مباريات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יוזם, מקדם, מארגן ומממן‬

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