The Dof domain, a zinc finger DNA-binding domain conserved only in higher plants, truly functions as a Cys2/Cys2 Zn finger domain

Plant Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 741-749

  Umemura, Yoshimi ^a   Ishiduka, Tomoko ^a   Yamamoto, Rie ^a   Esaka, Muneharu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA binding protein; Dof domain; Gel retardation analysis; ICP MS; Transcription factor; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DNA; ENZYME KINETICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS; ZINC;

GENE TRANSCRIPTION; PROTEIN BINDING;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CYSTEINE; DAG1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOF3 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYSTEINE; DNA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 1542378794     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2003.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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