Plastid RNA polymerases, promoters, and transcription regulators in higher plants

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 244, Issue SUPPL., 2005, Pages 1-68

  Shiina, Takashi ^a   Tsunoyama, Yuichi ^b   Nakahira, Yoichi ^a   Khan, Muhammad S ^c  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC ENGINEERING NIBGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cis element; Plant plastids; RNA polymerase; Sigma factor; Transcription; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPLAST DNA BINDING FACTOR 1; CHLOROPLAST DNA BINDING FACTOR 2; CRYPTOCHROME; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ISOENZYME; ISOPROTEIN; NUCLEAR ENCODED RNA POLYMERASE; PHYTOCHROME; PLASTID ENCODED RNA POLYMERASE; PROTEIN ATSIG2; PROTEIN ATSIG5; PROTEIN ATSIG6; PROTEIN PC; PROTEIN PPGPP; PROTEIN PSAA; PROTEIN PSBA; PROTEIN PSBD; PROTEIN RBCL; PROTEIN RRN; PROTEIN RRNP1; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BINDING AFFINITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHLOROPLAST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUBACTERIUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIGHER PLANT; HOMEOBOX; IN VITRO STUDY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GENETICS; PLASTID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STANDARDIZATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; PHYLOGENY; PLANT COMPONENTS; PLASTIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

CYANOBACTERIA; EMBRYOPHYTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 24644475674     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7696(05)44001-2     Document Type: Review

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