Purification and cDNA cloning of maize HMGd reveal a novel plant chromosomal HMG-box protein with sequence similarity to HMGa

Gene

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Grasser, Klaus D ^a   Grimm, Rudi ^b   Igloi, Gabor L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Hewlett Packard GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA binding; Gene expression; High mobility group (HMG) protein

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE ISOLATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAIZE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030914220     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00017-6     Document Type: Article

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