The Scientist Staff | Dec 9, 1990 | 1 min read
M.C. Schmidt, C.C. Kao, R. Pei, A.J. Berk, "Yeast TATA-box transcription factor gene," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 86, 7785-9, October 1989. Arnold Berk (University of California, Los Angeles): "TFIID binding to a TATA box initiates the ordered assembly of multiple transcription factors (TFs) required for initiation on eukaryotic promoters. However, TFIID resisted purification from higher organisms, preventing detailed studies of the process. We were interested in TFIID be