FIT, the FER-LIKE IRON DEFICIENCY INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR in Arabidopsis

Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 260-261

  Bauer, Petra ^a   Ling, Hong Qing ^b   Guerinot, Mary Lou ^c  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

bHLH; FIT; Iron mobilisation; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FIT1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; NOMENCLATURE;

ALLELES; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 34249894996     PISSN: 09819428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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