The interaction domains of the plant Myc-like bHLH transcription factors can regulate the transactivation strength

Planta

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 707-715

  Pattanaik, Sitakanta ^a   Xie, Claire H ^a   Yuan, Ling ^a  

^a Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanin; Basic helix loop helix transcription factors; Directed evolution; Transcription factor domains

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ANTHOCYANIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; LC PROTEIN, ZEA MAYS; LYSINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TOBACCO; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTHOCYANINS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LYSINE; MUTATION; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; TOBACCO; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANTIRRHINUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PERILLA FRUTESCENS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38049029314     PISSN: 00320935     EISSN: 14322048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00425-007-0676-y     Document Type: Article

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