New core promoter element in RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription: Sequence-specific DNA binding by transcription factor IIB

Genes and Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 34-44

  Lagrange, Thierry ^a   Kapanidis, Achillefs N ^b   Tang, Hong ^b   Reinberg, Danny ^a   Ebright, Richard H ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Helix turn helix; IIB recognition element; TATA element; Transcription factor IIB

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA BINDING; DNA HELIX; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031882652     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.12.1.34     Document Type: Article

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