RNA Polymerase II and TAFs Undergo a Slow Isomerization after the Polymerase Is Recruited to Promoter-Bound TFIID

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 397, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-68

  Yakovchuk, Petro ^a   Gilman, Benjamin ^a   Goodrich, James A ^a   Kugel, Jennifer F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

isomerization; preinitiation complex; RNA polymerase II; TAFs; transcription

Indexed keywords

RNA POLYMERASE II; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID;

ARTICLE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; ISOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE;

EID: 77249152639     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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