Binding of Nicotiana nuclear proteins to the subterminal regions of the Ac transposable element

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 436-441

  Levy, Avraham A ^a   Fridlender, Marcelo ^a   Hanania, Uri ^a,b   Rubin, Eitan ^a   Sitrit, Yaron ^a,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Activator (Ac); DNA binding proteins; Host factor; Nicotiana; Transposition

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TRANSPOSON;

NICOTIANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030017816     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02172372     Document Type: Article

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