Roles of TATA and initiator elements in determining the start site location and direction of RNA polymerase II transcription.

Organization and Expression of Eucaryotic Split Genes Coding for Proteins

1981 • 4,730 citations

The “initiator” as a transcription control element

1989 • 1,597 citations

The promoter-specific transcription factor Sp1 binds to upstream sequences in the SV40 early promoter

1983 • 1,471 citations

EUKARYOTIC TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATORY PROTEINS

1989 • 1,299 citations

Interaction of a gene-specific transcription factor with the adenovirus major late promoter upstream of the TATA box region

1985 • 1,244 citations

Five intermediate complexes in transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II

1989 • 1,033 citations

Mechanism of transcriptional activation by Sp1: Evidence for coactivators

1990 • 1,029 citations

Promoter Sequences of Eukaryotic Protein-Coding Genes

1980 • 971 citations

Three regions upstream from the cap site are required for efficient and accurate transcription of the rabbit β-globin gene in mouse 3T6 cells

1983 • 596 citations

Mechanism of action of an acidic transcriptional activator in vitro

1991 • 557 citations

Transcriptional activation by Sp1 as directed through TATA or initiator: specific requirement for mammalian transcription factor IID.

1990 • 501 citations

Transcription factor ATF interacts with the TATA factor to facilitate establishment of a preinitiation complex

1988 • 488 citations

Factors involved in specific transcription by mammalian RNA polymerase II: purification, genetic specificity, and TATA box-promoter interactions of TFIID.

1988 • 477 citations

Identification of regulatory sequences in the prelude sequences of an H2A histone gene by the study of specific deletion mutants in vivo.

1980 • 471 citations

Transcription factors that activate the Ultrabithorax promoter in developmentally staged extracts

1988 • 454 citations

Sequence-Specific Antirepression of Histone H1-Mediated Inhibition of Basal RNA Polymerase II Transcription

1991 • 378 citations

RNA Polymerase B (II) And General Transcription Factors

1990 • 355 citations

Physical Analysis of Transcription Preinitiation Complex Assembly on a Class II Gene Promoter

1988 • 320 citations

Yeast TATA-binding protein TFIID binds to TATA elements with both consensus and nonconsensus DNA sequences.

1989 • 291 citations

Mechanism of action of a yeast activator: Direct effect of GAL4 derivatives on mammalian TFIID-promoter interactions

1988 • 286 citations

In vitro transcription of the Drosophila engrailed gene.

1988 • 284 citations

A constitutive promoter directs expression of the nerve growth factor receptor gene.

1988 • 280 citations

On the mechanism for efficient repression of the interleukin-6 promoter by glucocorticoids: enhancer, TATA box, and RNA start site (Inr motif) occlusion.

1990 • 279 citations

The relationship between the "TATA" sequence and transcription initiation sites at the HIS4 gene of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

1985 • 265 citations

Transcription initiation from the dihydrofolate reductase promoter is positioned by HIP1 binding at the initiation site.

1990 • 228 citations

DNA sequence required for initiation of transcription in vitro from the major late promoter of adenovirus 2.

1981 • 216 citations

LyF-1, a transcriptional regulator that interacts with a novel class of promoters for lymphocyte-specific genes.

1991 • 203 citations

Energy requirement for specific transcription initiation by the human RNA polymerase II system.

1984 • 166 citations

Yeast mRNA initiation sites are determined primarily by specific sequences, not by the distance from the TATA element.

1985 • 157 citations

Functional dissection of a mouse ribosomal protein promoter: significance of the polypyrimidine initiator and an element in the TATA-box region.

1990 • 151 citations

A downstream initiation element required for efficient TATA box binding and in vitro function of TFIID

1990 • 127 citations

Simian virus 40 major late promoter: a novel tripartite structure that includes intragenic sequences.

1988 • 99 citations

In vitro analysis of the Antennapedia P2 promoter: identification of a new Drosophila transcription factor.

1988 • 92 citations

Characterization of the mouse SPARC/osteonectin gene. Intron/exon organization and an unusual promoter region.

1988 • 82 citations

Transcription initiated by RNA polymerase II and transcription factors from liver. Structure and action of transcription factors epsilon and tau.

1991 • 78 citations

A TATA-like sequence located downstream of the transcription initiation site is required for expression of an RNA polymerase II transcribed gene.

1990 • 77 citations

Dinucleotide priming of transcription mediated by RNA polymerase II.

1984 • 60 citations

Initiation of transcription of the erythroid promoter of the porphobilinogen deaminase gene is regulated by acis-acting sequence around the cap site

1990 • 55 citations

An RNA polymerase II promoter containing sequences upstream and downstream from the RNA startpoint that direct initiation of transcription from the same site.

1990 • 50 citations

NF-kappa B-mediated activation of the human immunodeficiency virus enhancer: site of transcriptional initiation is independent of the TATA box

1989 • 43 citations

Rescuing the in vitro function of a globin pseudogene promoter

1982 • 37 citations

Identification and characterization of an adenovirus 2 major late promoter CAP sequence DNA-binding protein.

1990 • 36 citations

Transcriptional activation by the pseudorabies virus immediate early protein requires the TATA box element in the adenovirus 2 E1B promoter

1988 • 32 citations

Transcription initiated by RNA polymerase II and purified transcription factors from liver. A complex set of promoter sequences governs formation of the initial complex.

1990 • 24 citations