Nuclear import of the Parsley bZIP transcription factor CPRF2 is regulated by phytochrome photoreceptors

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 201-211

  Kircher, Stefan ^a   Wellmer, Frank ^a   Nick, Peter ^a   Rügner, Alexander ^a   Schäfer, Eberhard ^a   Harter, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

bZIP transcription factors; Light regulation; Nucleocytoplasmic partitioning; Phytochrome; Retention domain

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; PHYTOCHROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOTRANSDUCTION; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; APIACEAE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DARKNESS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; LIGHT; MICE; PHOTORECEPTORS; PHYTOCHROME; PHYTOCHROME A; PHYTOCHROME B; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

PETROSELINUM CRISPUM;

EID: 0033601779     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.144.2.201     Document Type: Article

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