TATA Box MeSH Descriptor Data 2026

MeSH Heading: TATA Box
Tree Number(s): G02.111.570.080.689.675.850; G05.360.080.689.675.850; G05.360.340.024.340.137.750.680.850
Unique ID: D016385
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016385
Scope Note: A conserved A-T rich sequence which is contained in promoters for RNA polymerase II. The segment is seven base pairs long and the nucleotides most commonly found are TATAAAA.
Entry Term(s): Hogness Box
Previous Indexing: Base Sequence (1981-1990); Molecular Sequence Data (1988-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Date Introduced: 1991/01/01
Last Updated: 2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: drug effects (DE)

ethics (ES)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

Chemical Phenomena [G02]
- Biochemical Phenomena [G02.111]
  - Molecular Structure [G02.111.570]
    - Base Sequence [G02.111.570.080]
      - Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G02.111.570.080.689]
        
        Promoter Regions, Genetic [G02.111.570.080.689.675]
        
        Response Elements [G02.111.570.080.689.675.700]
        
        TATA Box [G02.111.570.080.689.675.850]

Genetic Phenomena [G05]
- Genetic Structures [G05.360]
  - Base Sequence [G05.360.080]
    - Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid [G05.360.080.689]
      - Promoter Regions, Genetic [G05.360.080.689.675]
        
        Response Elements [G05.360.080.689.675.700]
        
        TATA Box [G05.360.080.689.675.850]

Genetic Phenomena [G05]
- Genetic Structures [G05.360]
  - Genome [G05.360.340]
    - Genome Components [G05.360.340.024]
      - Genes [G05.360.340.024.340]
        
        Gene Components [G05.360.340.024.340.137]
        
        Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional [G05.360.340.024.340.137.750]
        
        Promoter Regions, Genetic [G05.360.340.024.340.137.750.680]
        
        Response Elements [G05.360.340.024.340.137.750.680.765]
        
        TATA Box [G05.360.340.024.340.137.750.680.850]

TATA Box Preferred

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