Role of conserved residues of the WRKY domain in the DNA-binding of tobacco WRKY family proteins

Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biochemistry

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2428-2436

  Maeo, Kenichiro ^a   Hayashi, Shingo ^a   Kojima Suzuki, Hisae ^a   Morikami, Atsushi ^a,b   Nakamura, Kenzo ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHUBU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding domain; Plant specific zinc finger; Tobacco; Transcription factor; WRKY domain

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PLANT DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TOBACCO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 0035524776     PISSN: 09168451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1271/bbb.65.2428     Document Type: Article

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