The Schizosaccharomyces pombe open promoter bubble: Mammalian-like arrangement and properties

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 340, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 981-989

  Choi, Wai S ^a   Lin, Yin C ^a   Gralla, Jay D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GFP, green fluorescent protein; pol II, polymerase II; promoter opening; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; TF, transcription factor; TFIIB; transcription initiation; UAS, upstream activating sequence; XBP; XPB, Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group B

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; FUNGAL DNA; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ARTICLE; BUDDING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SPECIES COMPARISON; YEAST;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 3242796702     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.04.075     Document Type: Article

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