Identification and characterization of NF-Y transcription factor families in the monocot model plant Brachypodium distachyon

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Cao, Shuanghe ^a   Kumimoto, Roderick W ^a   Siriwardana, Chamindika L ^a   Risinger, Jan R ^a   Holt III, Ben F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; NUCLEAR FACTOR YA; NUCLEAR FACTOR YB; NUCLEAR FACTOR YC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BRACHYPODIUM; FLOWERING; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; CLASSIFICATION; METABOLISM;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BRACHYPODIUM; BRACHYPODIUM DISTACHYON; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LILIOPSIDA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; POACEAE;

BRACHYPODIUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79959717869     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021805     Document Type: Article

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