Mutational analysis of the D1/E1 core helices and the conserved N- terminal region of yeast transcription factor IIB (TFIIB): Identification of an N-terminal mutant that stabilizes TATA-binding protein-TFIIB-DNA complexes

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6784-6793

  Bangur, Chaitanya S ^a   Pardee, Timothy S ^a   Ponticelli, Alfred S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; YEAST;

EID: 0030723104     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.6784     Document Type: Article

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