The MTE, a new core promoter element for transcription by RNA poymerase II

Genes and Development

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 1606-1617

  Lim, Chin Yan ^a   Santoso, Buyung ^a   Boulay, Thomas ^a   Dong, Emily ^a   Ohler, Uwe ^b   Kadonaga, James T ^a  

^a SECTION OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core promoter; DPE; Inr; RNA polymerase II; TATA box

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; DOWNSTREAM CORE PROMOTER ELEMENT; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOTIF TEN ELEMENT; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 3042784063     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1193404     Document Type: Article

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