The TATA-binding protein (TBP) from the human fungal pathogen Candida albicans can complement defects in human and yeast TBPs

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1771-1776

  Leng, Ping ^a   Carter, Philip E ^b   Brown, Alistair J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DNA; RNA; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; NEMATODA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031944365     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.7.1771-1776.1998     Document Type: Article

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