Evidence that the elongation factor TFIIS plays a role in transcription initiation at GAL1 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2650-2659

  Prather, Donald M ^a   Larschan, Erica ^a   Winston, Fred ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR; RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BINDING SITES; GALACTOKINASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ELONGATION FACTORS;

EID: 15044358405     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.7.2650-2659.2005     Document Type: Article

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