Term Name: enhancer
Synonyms: INSDC_feature:regulatory, INSDC_qualifier:enhancer
Definition: A cis-acting sequence that increases the utilization of (some) eukaryotic promoters, and can function in either orientation and in any location (upstream or downstream) relative to the promoter.
Ontology: Sequence Ontology [SO:0000165]

Relationships
has parts: enhancer_binding_site
is a type of: cis_regulatory_module
has subtype: enhancer_bound_by_factor shadow_enhancer
inverse transcribed_from: enhancerRNA