| Feature | TATA_signal |
| Definition |
TATA box; Goldberg-Hogness box; a conserved AT-rich septamer found about 25 bp before the start point of each eukaryotic RNA polymerase II transcript unit which may be involved in positioning the enzyme for correct initiation; consensus=TATA(A or T)A(A or T) [1,2]; |
| Optional Qualifiers | /citation=[number] /db_xref="<database>:<identifier>" /experiment="text" /gene="text" /gene_synonym="text" /inference="TYPE[ (same species)][:EVIDENCE_BASIS]" /label=feature_label /locus_tag="text" (single token) /map="text" /note="text" /old_locus_tag="text" (single token) |
| Organism Scope | eukaryotes and eukaryotic viruses |
| Molecule Scope | DNA |
| References | [1] Efstratiadis, A. et al. Cell 21, 653-668 (1980)
[2] Corden, J., et al. "Promoter sequences of eukaryotic protein-encoding genes" Science 209, 1406-1414 (1980) |
| Last Updated | Fri Oct 17 15:28:25 2008 |