Novel members of a family of AT hook-containing DNA-binding proteins from rice are identified through their in vitro interaction with consensus target sites of plant and animal homeodomain proteins

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 607-618

  Meijer, Annemarie H ^a   Van Dijk, Erwin L ^a   Hoge, J Harry C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AT hook; DNA binding protein; high mobility group I Y; homeodomain; rice; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030175104     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00042233     Document Type: Article

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