Functional Interaction between TFIIB and the Rpb2 Subunit of RNA Polymerase II: Implications for the Mechanism of Transcription Initiation
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Functional interaction between TFIIB and the Rpb2 subunit of RNA polymerase II: implications for the mechanism of transcription initiation.
The general transcription factor TFIIB is required for accurate initiation, although the mechanism by which RNA polymerase II (RNAP II) identifies initiation sites is not well understood. Here we describe results from genetic and biochemical analyses of an altered form of yeast TFIIB containing an arginine-78 --> cysteine (R78C) replacement in the "B-finger" domain. TFIIB R78C shifts start site...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular and Cellular Biology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0270-7306,1098-5549
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.9.3983-3991.2004