Requirement for transcription factor IIA (TFIIA)-TFIID recruitment by an activator depends on promoter structure and template competition

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 6624-6632

  Lieberman, Paul M ^a   Ozer, Josef ^a   Gürsel, Demirkan B ^a  

^a WISTAR INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; DNA TEMPLATE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TATA BOX;

EID: 0030868699     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.11.6624     Document Type: Article

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