A novel transcription factor involved in plant defense endowed with protein phosphatase activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 13, 2003, Pages 3376-3384

  Carrasco, José L ^a   Ancillo, Gema ^a   Mayda, Esther ^a,b   Vera, Pablo ^a  

^a Ciudad Politécnica de la Innovación   (Spain)

^b Aptagen Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

CEVI1; DBP1; Plant defense signaling; PP2C; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA OBTUSIFOLIA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0038263151     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg323     Document Type: Article

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