Gene Review:
Taf6 - TBP-associated factor 6
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG32211, CG9348, Dmel\CG32211, SR3-4B, TAF, ...
- Structural similarity between TAFs and the heterotetrameric core of the histone octamer. Xie, X., Kokubo, T., Cohen, S.L., Mirza, U.A., Hoffmann, A., Chait, B.T., Roeder, R.G., Nakatani, Y., Burley, S.K. Nature (1996)
- Multiple TAFIIs directing synergistic activation of transcription. Sauer, F., Hansen, S.K., Tjian, R. Science (1995)
- Cloning and expression of Drosophila TAFII60 and human TAFII70 reveal conserved interactions with other subunits of TFIID. Weinzierl, R.O., Ruppert, S., Dynlacht, B.D., Tanese, N., Tjian, R. EMBO J. (1993)
- A role of transcriptional activators as antirepressors for the autoinhibitory activity of TATA box binding of transcription factor IID. Kotani, T., Banno, K., Ikura, M., Hinnebusch, A.G., Nakatani, Y., Kawaichi, M., Kokubo, T. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2000)
- Bicoid functions without its TATA-binding protein-associated factor interaction domains. Schaeffer, V., Janody, F., Loss, C., Desplan, C., Wimmer, E.A. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1999)
- p53 transcriptional activation mediated by coactivators TAFII40 and TAFII60. Thut, C.J., Chen, J.L., Klemm, R., Tjian, R. Science (1995)
- DNA template and activator-coactivator requirements for transcriptional synergism by Drosophila bicoid. Sauer, F., Hansen, S.K., Tjian, R. Science (1995)
- Interaction between the N-terminal domain of the 230-kDa subunit and the TATA box-binding subunit of TFIID negatively regulates TATA-box binding. Kokubo, T., Yamashita, S., Horikoshi, M., Roeder, R.G., Nakatani, Y. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1994)
- Tissue-specific TAFs counteract Polycomb to turn on terminal differentiation. Chen, X., Hiller, M., Sancak, Y., Fuller, M.T. Science (2005)
- Mesoderm-determining transcription in Drosophila is alleviated by mutations in TAF(II)60 and TAF(II)110. Pham, A.D., Müller, S., Sauer, F. Mech. Dev. (1999)