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TAF4/4b x TAF12 displays a unique mode of DNA binding and is required for core promoter function of a subset of genes.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 25 Sept 2009
Gazit Kfir, Moshonov Sandra, Elfakess Rofa, Sharon Michal, Mengus Gabrielle, Davidson Irwin, Dikstein Rivka
Abstract excerpt
The major core promoter-binding factor in polymerase II transcription machinery is TFIID, a complex consisting of TBP, the TATA box-binding protein, and 13 to 14 TBP-associated factors (TAFs). Previously we found that the histone H2A-like TAF paralogs TAF4 and TAF4b possess DNA-binding activity. Whether TAF4/TAF4b DNA binding directs TFIID to a specific core promoter element or facilitates TFIID binding to...
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