MADS domain proteins in plant development

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 378, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1079-1101

  Riechmann, José Luis ^a   Meyerowitz, Elliot M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Dimerization; Dna protein interaction; Flower development; Homeotic gene; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DEVELOPMENT; DIMERIZATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HIGHER PLANT; HOMEOBOX; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOSPERMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0030666154     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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