CIF, an essential cofactor for TFIID-dependent initiator function

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 873-886

  Kaufmann, Jörg ^a,c   Verrijzer, C Peter ^b   Shao, John ^a   Smale, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

CIF; Inr; TAF; TATA box; TFIID; transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029966470     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.7.873     Document Type: Article

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