The Arabidopsis NPR1/NIM1 protein enhances the DNA binding activity of a subgroup of the TGA family of bZIP transcription factors

Plant Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 279-290

  Després, Charles ^a   DeLong, Catherine ^a   Glaze, Sarah ^a   Liu, Enwu ^a   Fobert, Pierre R ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING KINETICS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE FUNCTION; MUTANT; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0034143317     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.2.279     Document Type: Article

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