Enhancement of TBP binding by activators and general transcription factors

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6736, 1999, Pages 605-609

  Li, Xiao Yong ^a   Virbasius, Amy ^a   Zhu, Xiaochuan ^a   Green, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DETERMINATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

BINDING SITES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA HELICASES; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FORMALDEHYDE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GALACTOSE; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033542484     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/21232     Document Type: Article

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