Novel cofactors and TFIIa mediate functional core promoter selectivity by the human TAF(II) 150-containing TFIID complex

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 6571-6583

  Martinez, Ernest ^c   Ge, Hui ^a,c   Tao, Yong ^b,c   Yuan, Chao Xing ^c   Palhan, Vikas ^c   Roeder, Robert G ^c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0031795920     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.11.6571     Document Type: Article

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