Mutations in the histone fold domain of the TAF12 gene show synthetic lethality with the TAF1 gene lacking the TAF N-terminal domain (TAND) by different mechanisms from those in the SPT15 gene encoding the TATA box-binding protein (TBP)

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1261-1274

  Kobayashi, Akiko ^c   Miyake, Tsuyoshi ^a   Kawaichi, Masashi ^c   Kokubo, Tetsuro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTONE; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPT15; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC SCREENING; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; LETHALITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; GENES, LETHAL; HISTONES; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID;

EID: 0037440662     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkg180     Document Type: Review

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