Evolutionary analysis of TATA-less proximal promoter function

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-207

  Crawford, Douglas L ^a   Segal, Jeff A ^a,b   Barnett, J Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b ELI LILLY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional selection; Sp1; TATA less; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; ENHANCER REGION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HOMEOBOX; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS;

EID: 0033034855     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a026102     Document Type: Article

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