A severely defective TATA-binding protein-TFIIB interaction does not preclude transcriptional activation in vivo

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1336-1345

  Lee, Mark ^a   Struhl, Kevin ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL VIABILITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; YEAST CELL;

EID: 0031025295     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.3.1336     Document Type: Article

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