Transcription factors and their genes in higher plants: Functional domains, evolution and regulation

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 247-257

  Liu, Liansen ^a   White, Michael J ^b   MacRae, Thomas H ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional domain; Plant transcription factor; Post transcriptional regulation; Transcription factor gene

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

DNA BINDING; EXON; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HIGHER PLANT; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; OLIGOMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 2142692878     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00349.x     Document Type: Review

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