Functional characterization of tobacco transcription factor TGA2.1

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-164

  Kegler, Carsten ^a,b   Lenk, Ingo ^a,c   Krawczyk, Stefanie ^a   Scholz, Ronald ^a   Gatz, Christiane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Auxin; Heterodimerization; Salicylic acid; TGA factors; trans dominant negative mutant

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIMERS; HORMONES; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

BINDING COMPLEXES; SALICYLIC ACID (SA); SALICYLIC ACID RESPONSIVE PROTEINS (SARP); TGA2.1; ZIP FACTOR;

GENES;

CELLS; DIMERS; GENES; HORMONES; MUTATION; PROTEINS; TOBACCO;

EMBRYOPHYTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 12544253373     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-004-0110-9     Document Type: Article

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