Characterization of Transcription from TATA-Less Promoters: Identification of a New Core Promoter Element XCPE2 and Analysis of Factor Requirements

Ramakrishnan Anish; Mohammad B. Hossain; Raymond H. Jacobson; Shinako Takada

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0005103

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Characterization of Transcription from TATA-Less Promoters: Identification of a New Core Promoter Element XCPE2 and Analysis of Factor Requirements

Ramakrishnan Anish,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genes and Development Program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Mohammad B. Hossain,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genes and Development Program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Raymond H. Jacobson,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genes and Development Program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Shinako Takada

* E-mail: stakada@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genes and Development Program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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Characterization of Transcription from TATA-Less Promoters: Identification of a New Core Promoter Element XCPE2 and Analysis of Factor Requirements

Ramakrishnan Anish,
Mohammad B. Hossain,
Raymond H. Jacobson,
Shinako Takada

Published: April 1, 2009
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005103

About the Authors

Ramakrishnan Anish

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Genes and Development Program of the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mohammad B. Hossain

Raymond H. Jacobson

Shinako Takada

* E-mail: stakada@mdanderson.org

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST. Performed the experiments: RA ST. Analyzed the data: RJ ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RA MBH RJ ST. Wrote the paper: ST. Contributed to the editing process: RA MBH. Critically edited the manuscript: RJ.

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