| Feature | CAAT_signal |
| Definition | CAAT box; part of a conserved sequence located about 75 bp up-stream of the start point of eukaryotic transcription units which may be involved in RNA polymerase binding; consensus=GG(C or T)CAATCT [1,2] |
| Optional Qualifiers |
/allele="free text" /gene="free text" /gene_synonym="free text" /map="free text" /note="free text" |
| Organism Scope | eukaryotes and eukaryotic viruses |
| Molecule Scope | DNA |
| References | [1] Efstratiadis, A. et al. Cell 21, 653-668 (1980) [2] Nevins, J.R. "The pathway of eukaryotic mRNA formation" Ann Rev Biochem 52, 441-466 (1983) |