The RNA polymerase III-recruiting factor TFIIIB induces a DNA bend between the TATA box and the transcriptional start site

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1429-1440

  Grove, Anne ^a   Kassavetis, George A ^a   Johnson, Terence E ^a   Geiduschek, E Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA flexibility; Missing nucleoside interference; RNA polymerase III; TBP; TFIIIB

Indexed keywords

CHICKEN OVALBUMIN UPSTREAM PROMOTER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CURVED DNA; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; START CODON; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TATA BOX;

GALLUS GALLUS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0033613810     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2347     Document Type: Article

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