title: Changing the core of transcription.
abstract: Different members of the TAF family of proteins work in differentiated cells, such as motor neurons or brown fat cells, to control the expression of genes that are specific to each cell type.
authors.affiliation: Katherine A Jones is in the Regulatory Biology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, United States jones@salk.edu.
authors.forename: Katherine A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Jones
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID
keywords: TBP-associated factor TAF; motor neurons; neuronal enhancers; neuronal gene expression; stem cells; transcription factors