START lipid/sterol-binding domains are amplified in plants and are predominantly associated with homeodomain transcription factors

Genome Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Schrick, Kathrin ^a   Nguyen, Diana ^a   Karlowski, Wojciech M ^b   Mayer, Klaus Fx ^b  

^a KECK GRADUATE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carboxy Terminus; Leucine Zipper; Start Gene; Sterile Alpha Motif; Transmembrane Segment

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; ATML1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; LIGAND; PEPTIDE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; STEROL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; LIGANDS; LIPID METABOLISM; PEPTIDES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STEROLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 4844226474     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2004-5-6-r41     Document Type: Article

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