Binding of phytochrome B to its nuclear signalling partner PIF3 is reversibly induced by light

Nature

Volumn 400, Issue 6746, 1999, Pages 781-784

  Ni, Min ^a   Tepperman, James M ^a   Quail, Peter H ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME B; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033584359     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/23500     Document Type: Article

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