Zinc-finger transcription factors in plants

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 582-596

  Takatsuji, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Plant; Target sequence recognition; Transcription factor; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; MORPHOGENESIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0031842693     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180050186     Document Type: Review

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