In vitro binding of the tomato bZIP transcriptional activator VSF-1 to a regulatory element that controls xylem-specific gene expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 283-296

  Torres Schumann, Sonia ^a   Ringli, Christoph ^a   Heierli, Daniel ^a   Amrhein, Nikolaus ^b   Keller, Beat ^a  

^a Eidg Forschungsanstalt fur Agrarokologie und Landbau   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PHASEOLUS (ANGIOSPERM);

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; G BOX BINDING FACTOR; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME MAP; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; GENES, REGULATOR; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030111333     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1996.09030283.x     Document Type: Article

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