2. bow down-bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; He bowed before the King; She bowed her head in shame. bow. conge, congee-perform a ceremonious bow. gesticulate, gesture, motion-show, express or direct through movement; He gestured his desire to leave.
Sections. Definition. Gene regulation refers to the mechanisms that act to induce or repress the expression of a gene. These include structural and chemical changes to the genetic material, binding of proteins to specific DNA elements to regulate transcription, or mechanisms that modulate translation of mRNA. News and Comment.
Regulator gene. A regulator gene, regulator, or regulatory gene is a gene involved in controlling the expression of one or more other genes. Regulatory sequences, which encode regulatory genes, are often 5' to the start site of transcription of the gene they regulate. In addition, these sequences can also be found 3' to the transcription start site.