National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

TATA Box

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13293

code

C13293

DEFINITION

A consensus sequence found in the promoter region of most genes transcribed by eukaryotic RNA polymerase II. It is found about 25 nucleotides before the site of initiation of transcription and has the consensus sequence: 5' TATAAAA 3'. This sequence seems to be important in determining accurately the position at which transcription is initiated.

label

TATA Box

Legacy_Concept_Name

TATA_Box

Preferred_Name

TATA Box

prefixIRI

C13293

prefLabel

TATA Box

Semantic_Type

Nucleotide Sequence

UMLS_CUI

C0080206

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C13445

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