Generic binding sites, generic DNA-binding domains: Where does specific promoter recognition come from?

FASEB Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 346-356

  Georges, Adrien B ^a,b,c   Benayoun, Bérénice A ^a,b   Caburet, Sandrine ^a,b   Veitia, Reiner A ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cooperativity; Promoter; Specificity; Synergy; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; NUCLEOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BINDING SITE; DIMERIZATION; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA; EUKARYOTA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 76149132685     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.09-142117     Document Type: Review

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