Molecular cloning, phylogenetic analysis, expressional profiling and in vitro studies of TINY2 from Arabidopsis thaliana

Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 440-446

  Wei, Gang ^a   Pan, Yi ^a   Lei, Juan ^a   Zhu, Yu Xian ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Plant Gene Research Center   (China)

Author keywords

ABA; DREB; One hybrid; Stress; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA;

EID: 29844442433     PISSN: 12258687     EISSN: 12258687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/bmbrep.2005.38.4.440     Document Type: Article

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