Structural basis of preinitiation complex assembly on human Pol II promoters

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-36

  Tsai, Francis T F ^a   Sigler, Paul B ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA recognition; TBP; TFIIB; Transcription; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034602843     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.1.25     Document Type: Article

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