Term Name: DNA-binding transcription activator activity
Synonyms: bacterial-type RNA polymerase core promoter proximal region sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factor activity involved in positive regulation of transcription, bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcriptional activator activity, metal ion regulated sequence-specific DNA binding, bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcriptional activator activity, sequence-specific DNA binding, metal ion regulated sequence-specific DNA binding bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription factor activity involved in positive regulation of transcription, sequence-specific DNA binding bacterial-type RNA polymerase transcription factor activity involved in positive regulation of transcription, transcriptional activator activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase core promoter proximal region sequence-specific binding, transcriptional activator activity, bacterial-type RNA polymerase proximal promoter sequence-specific DNA binding
Definition: A DNA-binding transcription factor activity that activates or increases transcription of specific gene sets.
Ontology: GO: Molecular Function [GO:0001216]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: positive regulation of DNA-templated transcription
is a type of: DNA-binding transcription factor activity transcription regulator activity
has subtype: DNA-binding transcription activator activity, RNA polymerase II-specific ligand-modulated transcription activator activity
has_part: transcription cis-regulatory region binding