A new family of DNA binding proteins includes putative transcriptional regulators of the Antirrhinum majus floral meristem identity gene SQUAMOSA

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 250, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-16

  Klein, Joachim ^a   Saedler, Heinz ^a   Huijser, Peter ^a  

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

Author keywords

Antirrhinum majus; DNA binding protein; Floral transition; SBP box gene family; Transcription regulation

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; GENE STRUCTURE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; MERISTEM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030048899     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050046     Document Type: Article

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