Combinatorial gene regulation by eukaryotic transcription factors
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Describing a Transcription Factor Dependent Regulation of the MicroRNA Transcriptome
Published on: June 15, 2016
1Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215, USA. lchen@xtal200.harvard.edu
Abstract:
Recent structure determinations of high order complexes of eukaryotic transcription factors bound to DNA have revealed that residues from their DNA-binding domains are involved in protein-protein interactions between distinct factors. Protein-protein interactions between transactivation domains and coactivators have also been characterized in a number of recently determined structures. These studies support the combinatorial mechanism of transcription regulation in eukaryotic cells and multicellular organisms.
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