...promoter is the region towhich Pol II and itsaccompanyinggeneral transcriptionfactorsarerecruited to theDNA, formthepre-initiationcomplex (PIC), andact to initiate transcription (Smale and Kadonaga 2003). In yeast, the PIC is recruited to a TATA element, either a consensus TATA box or a weaker one with 1...