A role for TBP dimerization in preventing unregulated gene expression

Molecular Cell

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 717-727

  Jackson Fisher, Amy J ^a,b   Chitikila, Carmelata ^a   Mitra, Madhusmita ^a   Pugh, B Franklin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; TATA BOX; YEAST;

EID: 0033152140     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(01)80004-6     Document Type: Article

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