Regulation of plastid rDNA transcription by interaction of CDF2 with two different RNA polymerases

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1851-1860

  Bligny, Muriel ^a   Courtois, Florence ^a   Thaminy, Safia ^a   Chang, Ching Chun ^b   Lagrange, Thierry ^a   Baruah Wolff, Jahnabi ^a   Stern, David ^b   Lerbs Mache, Silva ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

CDF2; Plastids; rDNA transcription; Regulation; RNA polymerases

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDF 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHLOROPLAST; GENOME; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SPINACH; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

PROKARYOTA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 0034678633     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.8.1851     Document Type: Article

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