Transcription Initiation Site
"Transcription Initiation Site" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The first nucleotide of a transcribed DNA sequence where RNA polymerase (DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE) begins synthesizing the RNA transcript.
| Descriptor ID |
D024363
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G05.360.340.024.340.137.750.840
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| Concept/Terms |
Transcription Initiation Site- Transcription Initiation Site
- Initiation Site, Transcription
- Initiation Sites, Transcription
- Site, Transcription Initiation
- Sites, Transcription Initiation
- Transcription Initiation Sites
- Transcription Start Site
- Site, Transcription Start
- Sites, Transcription Start
- Start Site, Transcription
- Start Sites, Transcription
- Transcription Start Sites
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Transcription Initiation Site" by people in Profiles.
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Gao Y, Schug J, McKenna LB, Le Lay J, Kaestner KH, Greenbaum LE. Tissue-specific regulation of mouse microRNA genes in endoderm-derived tissues. Nucleic Acids Res. 2011 Jan; 39(2):454-63.
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Sologub M, Litonin D, Anikin M, Mustaev A, Temiakov D. TFB2 is a transient component of the catalytic site of the human mitochondrial RNA polymerase. Cell. 2009 Nov 25; 139(5):934-44.
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Savkina M, Temiakov D, McAllister WT, Anikin M. Multiple functions of yeast mitochondrial transcription factor Mtf1p during initiation. J Biol Chem. 2010 Feb 05; 285(6):3957-64.
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Pezo RC, Gandhi SJ, Shirley LA, Pestell RG, Augenlicht LH, Singer RH. Single-cell transcription site activation predicts chemotherapy response in human colorectal tumors. Cancer Res. 2008 Jul 1; 68(13):4977-82.
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Mathur S, Dasgupta I. Downstream promoter sequence of an Indian isolate of Rice tungro bacilliform virus alters tissue-specific expression in host rice and acts differentially in heterologous system. Plant Mol Biol. 2007 Oct; 65(3):259-75.
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Mutai H, Kenyon LC, Locke E, Kikuchi N, Oberholtzer JC. Characterization of the chicken inward rectifier K+ channel IRK1/Kir2.1 gene. BMC Genomics. 2004 Nov 29; 5:90.
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Naso M, Uitto J, Klement JF. Transcriptional control of the mouse Col7a1 gene in keratinocytes: basal and transforming growth factor-beta regulated expression. J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Dec; 121(6):1469-78.