Transcription activation via enhanced preinitiation complex assembly in a human cell-free system lacking TAFIIs

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 925-931

  Oelgeschläger, Thomas ^a,b   Tao, Yong ^a   Kang, Yun Kyoung ^a   Roeder, Robert G ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARIE CURIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL EXTRACT; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GAL VP16; GAL-VP16; PROLINE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SRB7 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TAF1 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTAGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TRANSACTIVATION;

CELL EXTRACTS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS; PROLINE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032062734     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80092-1     Document Type: Article

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