- 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. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición (revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: DORLAND B. Diccionario enciclopédico ilustrado de medicina (2 vols.). Madrid: McGraw-Hill; 1992.
- Context: MONTES NÚÑEZ, E. (2005). Medicina genómica. Revista de Especialidades Médico-Quirúrgicas [en línea]. Consultado el 28 de enero de 2014. Disponible en: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=47310101. ISSN 1665-7330
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