Interaction of elicitor-induced DNA-binding proteins with elicitor response elements in the promoters of parsley PR1 genes

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 20, 1996, Pages 5690-5700

  Rushton, Paul J ^a   Torres, Jorge Tovar ^a,b   Parniske, Martin ^a,c   Wernert, Petra ^a   Hahlbrock, Klaus ^a   Somssich, Imre E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parsley; Pathogenesis related protein; Plant defence; Transcriptional regulation; WRKY proteins

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PLANT DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HIGHER PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

EMBRYOPHYTA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 0029853904     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00953.x     Document Type: Article

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