High-resolution protein-DNA contacts for the yeast RNA polymerase II general transcription machinery

Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 40, 2004, Pages 12741-12749

  Chen, Bo Shiun ^a,b   Mandal, Subhrangsu S ^a   Hampsey, Michael ^a  

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

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; DNA; MELTING; RNA; X RAY ANALYSIS;

POLYMERASE; SACCHAROMYCES;

PROTEINS;

ARGININE; CYSTEINE; DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE II; RNA POLYMERASE II B7; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

ARGININE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 4944224824     PISSN: 00062960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bi048993r     Document Type: Article

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