Zinc-finger proteins: The classical zinc finger emerges in contemporary plant science

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1073-1078

  Takatsuji, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; Gametogenesis; Stress response; Target sequence recognition; TFIIIA type zinc finger; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHINESE CABBAGE; GAMETOGENESIS; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; STRESS TOLERANCE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. PEKINENSIS; EUKARYOTA; PETUNIA;

EID: 0033120775     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006184519697     Document Type: Short Survey

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