A novel type of DNA-binding protein interacts with a conserved sequence in an early nodulin ENOD12 promoter

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 809-821

  Christiansen, Henning ^a,c   Hansen, Anette C ^a   Vijn, Irma ^b,d   Pallisgaard, Niels ^a   Larsen, Knud ^a   Yang, Wei Cai ^b   Bisseling, Ton ^b   Marcker, Kjeld A ^a   Jensen, Erik Ø ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LABORATOIRE DES INTERACTIONS PLANTES MICROORGANISMES LIPM   (France)

^d UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AT hook; cis element; ENOD12; nodulin; root nodule; trans acting factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030461510     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00020479     Document Type: Article

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