Category:GO:0016602 ! CCAAT-binding factor complex

name: CCAAT-binding factor complex
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A heteromeric transcription factor complex that binds to the CCAAT-box upstream of promoters; functions as both an activator and a repressor, depending on its interacting cofactors. Typically trimeric consisting of NFYA, NFYB and NFYC subunits. In Saccharomyces, it activates the transcription of genes in response to growth in a nonfermentable carbon source and consists of four known subunits: HAP2, HAP3, HAP4 and HAP5." [GOC:bhm, PMID:7828851]
synonym: "CBF complex" RELATED [GOC:bhm]
synonym: "NF-Y transcription factor complex" RELATED [GOC:bhm]
synonym: "nuclear transcription factor Y complex" RELATED [GOC:bhm]
is_a: GO:0090575 ! RNA polymerase II transcription regulator complex

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0016602</GOterm>
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