Opening of an RNA polymerase II promoter occurs in two distinct steps and requires the basal transcription factors IIE and IIH

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1666-1677

  Holstege, Frank C P ^a   Van Der Vliet, Peter C ^a   Timmers, H Th Marc ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abortive initiation; DNA helicase; Heteroduplex DNA; Open complex formation; RNA polymerase II transcription

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETERODUPLEX; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRUS DNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030007387     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00512.x     Document Type: Article

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