MYB transcription factors in Arabidopsis

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 573-581

  Dubos, Christian ^a   Stracke, Ralf ^b   Grotewold, Erich ^c   Weisshaar, Bernd ^b   Martin, Cathie ^d   Lepiniec, Loïc ^a  

^a INSTITUT JEAN PIERRE BOURGIN   (France)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORWICH RESEARCH PARK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77957341467     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2010.06.005     Document Type: Review

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