Publication Date:
1989-07-28
Description:
The cloning of genes encoding mammalian DNA binding transcription factors for RNA polymerase II has provided the opportunity to analyze the structure and function of these proteins. This review summarizes recent studies that define structural domains for DNA binding and transcriptional activation functions in sequence-specific transcription factors. The mechanisms by which these factors may activate transcriptional initiation and by which they may be regulated to achieve differential gene expression are also discussed.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mitchell, P J -- Tjian, R -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1989 Jul 28;245(4916):371-8.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley 94720.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2667136" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Binding Sites
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Cloning, Molecular
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DNA-Binding Proteins/*genetics/metabolism
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Protein Processing, Post-Translational
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RNA Polymerase II/*genetics/metabolism
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Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid
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Transcription Factors/*genetics/metabolism
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*Transcription, Genetic
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
