A zinc-finger-type transcription factor WZF-1 that binds to a novel cis-acting element of histone gene promoters represses its own promoter

Plant and Cell Physiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 557-562

  Sakamoto, Ayako ^a,b   Omirulleh, Serik ^a,c   Nakayama, Takuya ^a,d   Iwabuchi, Masaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Inst of Molec Biol and Biochem   (Kazakhstan)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ACT box; Autoregulation; Repressor; Wheat; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0030175168     PISSN: 00320781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.pcp.a028980     Document Type: Article

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