Three ethylene-responsive transcription factors in tobacco with distinct transactivation functions

Plant Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-38

  Ohta, Masaru ^a   Ohme Takagi, Masaru ^a   Shinshi, Hideaki ^a  

^a NATL INST BIOSCI HUM TECHNOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ERF2; ERF4; ETHYLENE RESPONSIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTOPLAST; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION; TRANSIENT TRANSFECTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, PLANT; ETHYLENES; GENES, REPORTER; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLANTS, TOXIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034112916     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2000.00709.x     Document Type: Article

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