The WUS homeobox-containing (WOX) protein family

Genome Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  van der Graaff, Eric ^a   Laux, Thomas ^a   Rensing, Stefan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; WUSCHEL PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 77951931407     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2009-10-12-248     Document Type: Review

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