Evidence that Spt3 functionally interacts with Mot1, TFIIA, and TATA- binding protein to confer promoter-specific transcriptional control in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 287-295

  Madison, Jon M ^a   Winston, Fred ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031014943     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.1.287     Document Type: Article

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