Very close, indeed. If you want it on the internet, just type in the keywords:
promoter, DNA, "gene expression" and you should be inundated with sites that
explain it.
You may also visit the NCBI site <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/> for every
question you may have.
Quoting Harald <meiiiiiier at t-online.de>:
> Hi,
> I am a computer science student who wants to get started with
> computational biology. I have begun with reading but got stuck on the
> term 'promoter region', which is not explained any further and I can not
> find a plain explanation on the internet. Could you point me to an
> introductionary text (preferable on the internet) where this is explained?
> I guess that a promoter region might be a region in DNA which promotes
> the expression of a gene... how close am I ?
> Regards
> Harald
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Molecular Biology,
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