Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function

Plant Molecular Biology

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 81-92

  Ciolkowski, Ingo ^a,b   Wanke, Dierk ^a,c   Birkenbihl, Rainer P ^a   Somssich, Imre E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis promoters; Nuclear localization; Transactivation; W box element

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; WRKY11 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; WRKY6 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 48149089804     PISSN: 01674412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9353-1     Document Type: Article

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