Holy crap. I can’t believe the name “TATAAT” wasn’t taken. Microbiology nerds, I’m ashamed of you for letting this one slip by.
For those not in the know, TATAAT is generally the DNA sequence of the Pribnow box of bacteria. This is used in transcribing DNA to RNA (which, in turn, is used to make proteins and other crap). Specifically, RNA polymerase, the big honking enzyme that performs the actual transcription, finds and recognizes the promoter with its TATAAT sequence, and that marks where transcription should begin.
I once had a lecture where the phrase “TATAAT box” was said 30 times in 50 minutes.
