Dissection of the wheat transcription factor HBP-1a(17) reveals a modular structure for the activation domain

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 553-561

  Nakayama, T ^a,b   Okanami, M ^a   Meshi, T ^a   Iwabuchi, M ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation domain; bZIP; GAL4 fusion; Pro rich region; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HISTONE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; GENE ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTOPLAST; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; WHEAT;

ARABIDOPSIS; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CAULIMOVIRUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GLUCURONIDASE; HISTONES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRITICUM;

ARABIDOPSIS; NICOTIANA TABACUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031037204     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050357     Document Type: Article

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