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J C Dantonel1, J M Wurtz, O Poch
1Institut de Génétique et de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS/INSERM/ULP, BP 163, F-67404 Illkirch, Cedex, C.U. de Strasbourg, France.
Abstract:
Protein sequence analysis has revealed a family of TATA-binding-protein (TBP)-like factors (TLFs) in metazoan organisms. Modelling of the three-dimensional structure of these TLFs suggests that they form an asymmetric saddle-like structure and that, unlike TBP, TLFs might bind to DNA sequences other than classical TATA boxes. Thus, the existence of TLFs presents a challenge to the doctrine that TBP is a universal regulator of transcription in metazoans.
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