Identification of RTF1, a novel gene important for TATA site selection by TATA box-binding protein in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 4490-4500

  Stolinski, Lori A ^a   Eisenmann, David M ^b,c   Arndt, Karen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA SYNTHESIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TATA BOX;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030802398     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.8.4490     Document Type: Article

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