The Scientist Staff | Dec 9, 1990 | 1 min read
M. Horikoshi, C.K. Wang, H. Fujii, J.A. Cromlish, et al., "Cloning and structure of a yeast gene encoding a general transcription initiation factor TFIID that binds to the TATA box," Nature, 341, 299-303, 28 September 1989. Masami Horikoshi (Rockefeller University, New York): "This paper describes the cloning of the gene encoding the TATA box [a conserved sequence of bases]-binding factor TFIID [transcription factor IID], which we and others have shown to be a key factor in both basic promoter