Structure and putative function of NFX1-like proteins in plants

Plant Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 381-394

  Mussig C ^a   Schroder F ^a   Usadel, B ^b   Lisso, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PLANT PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cys rich region; NFX1; RING finger; Zinc finger

Indexed keywords

NFX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

DICOTYLEDON; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; RICE; ZINC;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; RING FINGER MOTIF; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RING FINGER DOMAINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

ANIMALIA; ARABIDOPSIS; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PROTISTA; VITIS;

EID: 77955782191     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: 14388677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2009.00303.x     Document Type: Review

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