The mediator coactivator complex: Functional and physical roles in transcriptional regulation

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 116, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 3667-3675

  Lewis, Brian A ^b   Reinberg, Danny ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coactivator; Mediator; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMATIN; DNA BINDING; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0141725524     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.00734     Document Type: Article

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