Structures of transcription pre-initiation complex with TFIIH and Mediator

Nature

Volumn 551, Issue 7679, 2017, Pages 204-209

  Schilbach, S ^a   Hantsche, M ^a   Tegunov, D ^a   Dienemann, C ^a   Wigge, C ^a   Urlaub, H ^a,b   Cramer, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; DNA; PROTEIN BINDING; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II;

DNA; ENZYME; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATE; YEAST;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CRYOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; DNA; MEDIATOR COMPLEX; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA POLYMERASE II; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION, GENETIC;

EID: 85033443062     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature24282     Document Type: Article

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