Diversified transcription initiation complexes expand promoter selectivity and tissue-specific gene expression

Genes and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1309-1320

  Hochheimer, Andreas ^a   Tjian, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE III; RNA POLYMERASE II; T BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

CHROMATIN; DNA TEMPLATE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOGENESIS; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0037948267     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1099903     Document Type: Review

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