The transcriptional activity of a muscle-specific promoter depends critically on the structure of the TATA element and its binding protein

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 265, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 480-493

  Diagana, Thierry T ^a,b   North, Daniel L ^a,c   Jabet, Carole ^a,d   Fiszman, Marc Y ^a,e   Takeda, Shin'ichi ^a,f   Whalen, Robert G ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c 9003 Inc Canada Corp   (Canada)

^d l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^e PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Muscle specific transcription; Myosin heavy chain; TATA box; TATA binding protein

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TATA BOX;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031556943     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1996.0752     Document Type: Article

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