Radical mutations reveal TATA-box binding protein surfaces required for activated transcription in vivo

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2491-2504

  Bryant, Gene O ^a   Martel, Lisa S ^a   Burley, Stephen K ^b   Berk, Arnold J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

activation; TBP; TFIIA; TFIID; transcription

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029802124     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.19.2491     Document Type: Article

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