Binding sites for maize nuclear proteins in the subterminal regions of the transposable element Activator

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 251, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 428-435

  Becker, Heinz Albert ^a   Kunze, Reinhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ac; DNase I protection assay; Host factor; Transposable element; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSPOSON;

BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; ZEA MAYS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030055950     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050186     Document Type: Article

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