CPRF4a, a novel plant bZIP protein of the CPRF family: Comparative analyses of light-dependent expression, post-transcriptional regulation, nuclear import and heterodimerisation

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 595-605

  Kircher, S ^a   Ledger, S ^b   Hayashi, H ^b,c   Weisshaar, B ^b   Schafer E ^a   Frohnmeyer, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

bZIP transcription factors; Chalcone synthase; In vitro nuclear transport system; Post transcriptional regulation; UV light induction

Indexed keywords

CHALCONE SYNTHASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOSOL; DIMERIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTRACELLULAR TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLAST; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ACYLTRANSFERASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APIACEAE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DIMERIZATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PETROSELINUM CRISPUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0031897137     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050687     Document Type: Article

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