Combinatorial interaction of light-responsive elements plays a critical role in determining the response characteristics of light-regulated promoters in Arabidopsis

Plant Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-77

  Chattopadhyay, Sudip ^a   Puente, Pilar ^a   Deng, Xing Wang ^a   Wei, Ning ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRADIATION; LIGHT RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYTOCHROME; PROMOTER REGION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0032127565     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00180.x     Document Type: Article

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