Waseem Akhtar

Summary

Affiliation: Radboud University
Country: The Netherlands

Publications

  1. ncbi TBP2 is a substitute for TBP in Xenopus oocyte transcription
    Waseem Akhtar
    Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    BMC Biol 7:45. 2009
  2. ncbi Nucleotide composition-linked divergence of vertebrate core promoter architecture
    Simon J van Heeringen
    Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Genome Res 21:410-21. 2011
  3. ncbi TBP-related factors: a paradigm of diversity in transcription initiation
    Waseem Akhtar
    Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Cell Biosci 1:23. 2011

Collaborators

  • Yutaka Suzuki
  • Simon J van Heeringen
  • Gert Jan C Veenstra
  • Ulrike G Jacobi
  • Robert C Akkers

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi TBP2 is a substitute for TBP in Xenopus oocyte transcription
    Waseem Akhtar
    Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    BMC Biol 7:45. 2009
    ..TBP2 is highly expressed in oocytes whereas TBP is more abundant in embryos...
  2. ncbi Nucleotide composition-linked divergence of vertebrate core promoter architecture
    Simon J van Heeringen
    Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Genome Res 21:410-21. 2011
    ..This shows how sweeping changes in nucleotide composition are compatible with highly conserved mechanisms of transcription initiation...
  3. ncbi TBP-related factors: a paradigm of diversity in transcription initiation
    Waseem Akhtar
    Radboud University Nijmegen, Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen Centre for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    Cell Biosci 1:23. 2011
    ..This variation in core promoter recognition accommodates the expanded regulatory capacity and specificity required for germ cells and embryonic development in higher eukaryotes...