Impaired core promoter recognition caused by novel yeast TAF145 mutations can be restored by creating a canonical TATA element within the promoter region of the TUB2 gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 2385-2399

  Tsukihashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Miyake, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Kawaichi, Masashi ^a   Kokubo, Tetsuro ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DELETION MUTANT; DNA BINDING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CYCLINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0034100765     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.20.7.2385-2399.2000     Document Type: Article

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