title: Transcription: building an initiation machine.
abstract: Recent crystal and solution structures of components of the core transcription initiation complex that assembles at RNA polymerase II promoters reveal similarities to core histones and cyclin A.
authors.affiliation: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Travers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016213:Cyclins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006657:Histones / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics*; D016385:TATA Box; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D016213:Cyclins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D006657:Histones; D035181:TATA-Box Binding Protein; D035581:Transcription Factor TFIIB; D014157:Transcription Factors; D012319:RNA Polymerase II