Mechanism of synergy between TATA and initiator: Synergistic binding of TFIID following a putative TFIIA-induced isomerization

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 3007-3019

  Emami, Katayoon H ^a,b   Jain, Anjali ^a   Smale, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inr; RNA polymerase II; TATA box; TFIIA; TFIID; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0030668928     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.22.3007     Document Type: Article

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