Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
(biology) any agency bringing about activation;
a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
activator \activator\ n.
1. any agency bringing about activation; (Biol.) a molecule
that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that
increases the production of a gene product in DNA
transcription.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
activator
n 1: (biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule
that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that
increases the production of a gene product in DNA
transcription [ant: inhibitor]