Changing the core of transcription

Katherine A Jones

doi:10.7554/eLife.03575

Changing the core of transcription

Elife. 2014 Jul 8:3:e03575. doi: 10.7554/eLife.03575.

Author

Katherine A Jones¹

Affiliation

¹ Katherine A Jones is in the Regulatory Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States jones@salk.edu.

Abstract

Different members of the TAF family of proteins work in differentiated cells, such as motor neurons or brown fat cells, to control the expression of genes that are specific to each cell type.

Keywords: TBP-associated factor TAF; motor neurons; neuronal enhancers; neuronal gene expression; stem cells; transcription factors.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental*
Motor Neurons / metabolism*
Promoter Regions, Genetic*
TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors / metabolism*
Transcription Factor TFIID / metabolism*

Substances

TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors
Transcription Factor TFIID