The conserved Ala37 in the ERF/AP2 domain is essential for binding with the DRE element and the GCC box

FEBS Letters

Volumn 580, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1303-1308

  Liu, Yang ^a   Zhao, Tong Jin ^a   Liu, Jing Mei ^a   Liu, Wei Qun ^c   Liu, Qiang ^a   Yan, Yong Bin ^a   Zhou, Hai Meng ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BnDREBIII; Brassica napus; Dehydration responsive element; ERF AP2 domain; GCC box

Indexed keywords

ABSCISIC ACID; ALANINE; AMINO ACID; ETHYLENE; JASMONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DEHYDRATION; DNA BINDING; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; LOW TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABSCISIC ACID; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALANINE; BINDING SITES; BRASSICA NAPUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYCLOPENTANES; DEHYDRATION; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ETHYLENES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SALTS; SEEDS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BRASSICA NAPUS;

EID: 32344431966     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2006.01.048     Document Type: Article

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