Transcriptional activation by Arabidopsis GT-1 may be through interaction with TFIIA-TBP-TATA complex

Plant Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 663-668

  Le Gourrierec, José ^a   Li, You Fang ^a   Zhou, Dao Xiu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PLANT GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTOPLAST; TATA BOX; TOBACCO;

ARABIDOPSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANTS, TOXIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0033150340     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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