Two bZIP proteins from Antirrhinum flowers preferentially bind a hybrid C-box/G-box motif and help to define a new sub-family of bZIP transcription factors

Plant Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 489-505

  Martinez García, Jaime F ^a,b   Moyano, Enriqueta ^a,c   Alcocer, Marcos J C ^a,d   Martin, Cathie ^a  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b PLANT GENE EXPRESSION CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; G BOX BINDING FACTOR; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLASSIFICATION; DIMERIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; G-BOX BINDING FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANTIRRHINUM; ANTIRRHINUM MAJUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NICOTIANA TABACUM; VERTEBRATA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0032006716     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00050.x     Document Type: Article

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