Bipartite determinants of DNA-binding specificity of plant basic leucine zipper proteins

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Niu, Xiping ^a   Renshaw Gegg, Lisa ^b   Miller, Linda ^c   Guiltinan, Mark J ^c  

^a PIONEER HI BRED INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^b AMGEN INC   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BZIP; DNA binding specificity; EmBP 1; Mutagenesis; TGA1a

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PLANT GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033197672     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006206011502     Document Type: Article

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