Transcription Factors: A Practical Approach

Book Overview

Transcription factors are proteins that interact with specific DNA sequences to enable transcription to occur. The second edition of this popular hands-on guide includes extensive updates as well as new chapters on the use of in vitro transcription assays, the analysis of chromatin structure, the use of genomic binding site assays, and the analysis of transcription factor modifications. It is a concise and up-to-date resource for the essential techniques.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199636966
• ISBN13: 9780199636969
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 328 Pages

Customer Reviews

Handy Reference

A handy reference for the unwieldy transcription factor field. Most especially useful for the newbie who requires rapid familiarization with experimental approaches common throughout the field.Concentration is on experimental approaches: EMSA, DNA footprinting, in vitro transcription, purification, cloning from libraries, promoter analysis and other techniques.