Intermediates in formation and activity of the RNA polymerase II preinitiation complex: Holoenzyme recruitment and a postrecruitment role for the TATA box and TFIIB

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-63

  Ranish, Jeffrey A ^a,b   Yudkovsky, Natalya ^a,b   Hahn, Steven ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Holoenzyme; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TATA BOX;

EID: 0032900980     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.1.49     Document Type: Article

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