Eukaryotic transcription activation: right on target.

The unambiguous identification of the direct targets of eukaryotic transcriptional activators has been a major challenge in the field. Recently, the authentic targets of several yeast and mammalian activators have been determined, and the results of these studies have important implications for our understanding of transcriptional activation mechanisms.

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