KNOX lost the OX: The Arabidopsis KNATM gene defines a novel class of KNOX transcriptional regulators missing the homeodomain

Plant Cell

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 875-887

  Magnani, Enrico ^a,b   Hake, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; FUNGI;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CELL FRACTIONATION; CHEMISTRY; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 48549088208     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.108.058495     Document Type: Article

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