Binding to a specific sequence of DNA that is part of a regulatory region that controls transcription of that section of the DNA. The transcribed region might be described as a gene, cistron, or operon.
transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
Narrow Synonyms:
bacterial-type RNA polymerase regulatory region DNA binding
;
bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding
;
eubacterial-type RNA polymerase regulatory region DNA binding
;
eubacterial-type RNA polymerase regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding