Two groups of MYB transcription factors share a motif which enhances trans-activation activity

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 341, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1155-1163

  Li, Jigang ^a   Yang, Xiaoyuan ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Li, Xiaojuan ^a   Gao, Zhaofeng ^a   Pei, Meng ^a   Chen, Zhangliang ^a,b   Qu, Li Jia ^a,b   Gu, Hongya ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Plant Gene Research Center (Beijing)   (China)

Author keywords

Light regulation; Motif; MYB transcription factors; Trans activation activity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MYB;

ARTICLE; DARKNESS; FLOWER; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DARKNESS; FLOWERS; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYB; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 32344439115     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.01.077     Document Type: Article

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