Histidine tracts in human transcription factors: insight into metal ion coordination ability
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DOI: 10.1007/s00775-017-1512-x
Abstract: Consecutive histidine repeats are chosen both by nature and by molecular biologists due to their high affinity towards metal ions. Screening of the human genome showed that transcription factors are extremely rich in His tracts.… read more here.
Keywords: histidine; tracts human; factors insight; human transcription ... See more keywords
The cryo-electron microscopy structure of human transcription factor IIH
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DOI: 10.1038/nature23903
Abstract: Human transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) is part of the general transcriptional machinery required by RNA polymerase II for the initiation of eukaryotic gene transcription. Composed of ten subunits that add up to a molecular mass… read more here.
Keywords: factor iih; transcription; microscopy; transcription factor ... See more keywords