Characterization of a novel gene encoding a putative single zinc-finger protein, zim, expressed during the reproductive phase in arabidopsis thaliana

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1402-1409

  Nishii, Akiko ^a   Takemura, Miho ^a   Fujita, Hidetomo ^a   Shikata, Masahito ^a   Yokota, Akiho ^a   Kohchi, Takayuki ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Differential screening; Inflorescence; Transcription factor; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZIM PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LIBRARY; GENES, PLANT; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0034219089     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: 13476947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.64.1402     Document Type: Article

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