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TATA Box

Known as: Box, Hogness, Box, TATA, Hogness Box 
A consensus sequence found in the promoter region of most genes transcribed by eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. It is found about 25 nucleotides before… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
A cis-Acting DNA Element Located between TATA Box and Transcription Initiation Site Is Critical in Response to Regulatory Sequences in Human Angiotensinogen Gene*
The promoter of the human angiotensinogen (hAG) gene functioned in its own core promoter context but not when replaced with… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
The promoter activity of long terminal repeats of the HERV-H family of human retrovirus-like elements is critically dependent on Sp1 family proteins interacting with a GC/GT box located immediately 3…
The HERV-H family of endogenous retrovirus-like elements is widely distributed in the human genome, with about 1,000 full-length… 
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Identical components of yeast transcription factor IIIB are required and sufficient for transcription of TATA box-containing and TATA-less genes
Specific transcription by RNA polymerase III requires recognition of the promoter-bound transcription factor IIIB (TFIIIB), of… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Expression from the murine p53 promoter is mediated by factor binding to a downstream helix-loop-helix recognition motif.
Expression of the p53 gene plays an important role in the regulation of cellular proliferation and malignant transformation… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Functional characterization of the 5'-regulatory region of human factor IX gene.
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A yeast activity can substitute for the HeLa cell TATA box factor
Most class B (II) promoter regions from higher eukaryotes contain the TATA box and upstream and enhancer elements1. Both the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
A specific 15-bp TATA box promoter element is required for expression of a herpes simplex virus type 1 late gene.
The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) glycoprotein C (gC) gene is a true late or gamma 2 gene in that its expression shows a… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Cloning of the mast cell protease, RMCP II. Evidence for cell-specific expression and a multi-gene family.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Unusual DNA structures in the adenovirus genome.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
An exonuclease protection assay reveals heat-shock element and TATA box DNA-binding proteins in crude nuclear extracts
The ability to identify and purify trans-acting cellular factors that regulate eukaryotic genes is limited by the lack of a… 
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