RF2a, a bZIP transcriptional activator of the phloem-specific vice tungro bacilliform virus promoter, functions in vascular development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5247-5259

  Yin, Yanhai ^c   Zhu, Qun ^b   Dai, Shunhong ^a   Lamb, Chris ^b   Beachy, Roger N ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; bZIP; Phloem; RF2a; Vascular

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TISSUE INDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BADNAVIRUS; CELL COMPARTMENTATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, VIRAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT SHOOTS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

RICE TUNGRO BACILLIFORM VIRUS;

EID: 0030769739     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/16.17.5247     Document Type: Article

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