- Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
- Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
- Identification number: 118
- Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
- Author/s: Isaac MORENO RUIZ, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO, Rosario HERRERO
- Creation / modification date: 02-02-2014
- Term: TATA box (Goldberg-Hogness box)
- Gramatical category: s
- Definition: A TATA box is a DNA sequence found in the promoter region of genes in archaea and eukaryotes.
- Context: The TATA box was found to be necessary for promoter activation, and this activity is independent of spacing between the SPS and TATA box up to 173 base pairs.
- Weighting mark: nor
- Sources:
- Term: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: The American Heritage Science Dictionary. (2005). Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014
- Context: RAMOS, C. A. (2013), "MASTERMIND-LIKE 1-Dependent Notch Target Gene Activation Requires a Sequence-Paired Site and a TATA Box". Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014. Disponible en: http://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7907&context=etd_theses
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