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-	Transactivator: Using more formal genetic verbiage, a gene product (usually a protein) for which its gene acts in trans to activate the expression of a target gene. More generally, a transactivator is almost always a DNA binding protein that binds to promoter sequences to activate the transcription of nearby genes.	+	Transactivator (activator): a DNA binding protein that binds to promoter sequences to activate the transcription of nearby genes. In the context of gene expression, "activator" is usually a synonym for transactivator. Compare with positive regulator.