Leucine zipper like structure in rice WRKY89 enhances its affinity for binding with W box elements

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 980-989

  Wang, Haihua ^a,b   Hao, Zhongna ^a   Xie, Ke ^a,b   Wu, Kunlu ^a,b   Guo, Zejian ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DNA binding; Leucine zipper; Oryza sativa; Transcription factor; WRKY protein

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 33749666673     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-5     Document Type: Article

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