Identification and characterization of the activation domain of Ifh1, an activator of model TATA-less genes

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Zhong, Peipei ^a,b   Melcher, Karsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b VAN ANDEL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

NuA4; TATA less; TFIID; Transcriptional activation domains; Yeast

Indexed keywords

TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SAGA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TATA BOX; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TATA BOX; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 74849089087     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.12.172     Document Type: Article

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