Topoisomerase I enhances TFIID-TFIIA complex assembly during activation of transcription

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 397-407

  Shykind, Benjamin M ^a,c   Kim, Jaesang ^a,d   Stewart, Lance ^b   Champoux, James J ^b   Sharp, Phillip A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

coactivator; Topoisomerase I; transcriptional activation

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031049483     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.3.397     Document Type: Article

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