Drosophila TFIID binds to a conserved downstream basal promoter element that is present in many TATA-box-deficient promoters

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 711-724

  Burke, Thomas W ^a   Kadonaga, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

core promoter; in vitro transcription; initiator element; RNA polymerase II; TATA box binding protein; TBP associated factors

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029971668     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.6.711     Document Type: Article

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