Preinitiation complex assembly: Potentially a bumpy path

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Cox, Julia M ^a   Kays, Alexis R ^a   Sanchez, Jennifer F ^a   Schepartz, Alanna ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; METABOLISM; REVIEW; TATA BOX;

DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; TATA BOX; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031994279     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(98)80030-6     Document Type: Article

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