A new class of activation-defective TATA-binding protein mutants: Evidence for two steps of transcriptional activation in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4456-4464

  Stargell, Laurie A ^a,b   Struhl, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0029899068     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4456     Document Type: Article

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