Table 1

Examples of typical actors and events in transcription factor contexts

Actor, event
Examples

DNA binding
DNA binding; DNA binding protein; DNA binding region DNA binding property, DNA binding affinity; DNA binding specificity
Transcription
transcription; transcriptional regulator; gene transcription; transcription repression; transcription reaction; transcription activity
Protein actor
transcription factor; protein factor; transcription repressor transcriptional activator; transcriptional mediator; heterodimer
DNA actor
enhancer; promoter; reporter

Yang et al. BMC Bioinformatics 2008 9(Suppl 3):S11   doi:10.1186/1471-2105-9-S3-S11