A yeast TATA-binding protein mutant that selectively enhances gene expression from weak RNA polymerase II promoters

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 2888-2896

  Blair, Wade S ^a   Cullen, Bryan R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; DNA; MESSENGER RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TATA BOX; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; YEAST;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030907242     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.5.2888     Document Type: Article

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