Analysis of the C-terminal region of Arabidopsis thaliana APETALA1 as a transcription activation domain

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 419-429

  Cho, Sunchan ^a   Jang, Seonghoe ^a   Chae, Sujin ^a   Chung, Kyung Min ^a   Moon, Yong Hwan ^a   An, Gynheung ^a   Jang, Sung Key ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

APETALA1 (AP1); Arabidopsis thaliana; Transcriptional activator

Indexed keywords

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; FLOWERING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENES, HOMEOBOX; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MADS DOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033150367     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006273127067     Document Type: Article

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