DNA binding properties of two Arabidopsis MADS domain proteins: Binding consensus and dimer formation

Plant Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 81-94

  Huang, Hai ^a   Tudor, Matthew ^a,c   Su, Thomas ^a,d   Zhang, Yue ^a,b   Hu, Yi ^a   Ma, Hong ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 0030023263     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.8.1.81     Document Type: Article

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