Sequence-specific DNA binding by the S. shibatae TFIIB homolog, TFB, and its effect on promoter strength

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 389-400

  Qureshi, Sohail A ^a,b,c   Jackson, Stephen P ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME CRC INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SULFOLOBUS; TATA BOX;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, ARCHAEAL; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ARCHAEAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 23S; SULFOLOBUS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031990302     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80039-8     Document Type: Article

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