Characterization of Arabidopsis plastid sigma-like transcription factors SIG1, SIG2 and SIG3

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 385-399

  Privat, Isabelle ^a   Hakimi, Mohamed Ali ^a   Buhot, Laurence ^a   Favory, Jean Jacques ^a   Lerbs Mache, Silva ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

like transcription factors; Anti sense plants; In vitro transcription; Plastids

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENZYMES; RNA;

PLANT DEVELOPMENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; COTYLEDON; DNA, ANTISENSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PLANT LEAVES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0037318769     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022095017355     Document Type: Article

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