A single amino acid change within the R2 domain of the VvMYB5b transcription factor modulates affinity for protein partners and target promoters selectivity

BMC Plant Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Hichri, Imène ^a,b   Deluc, Laurent ^c   Barrieu, François ^a,b   Bogs, Jochen ^d,e   Mahjoub, Ali ^a,b   Regad, Farid ^f   Gallois, Bernard ^a   Granier, Thierry ^a   Trossat Magnin, Claudine ^a,b   Gomès, Eric ^a,b   Lauvergeat, Virginie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b Bordeaux Sciences Agro   (France)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Dienstleistungszentrum Landlicher Raum DLR   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES BINGEN   (Germany)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICOTIANA TABACUM; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FLAVONOID; PLANT RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ONCOGENE MYB; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; TOBACCO; TRANSGENIC PLANT; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM; VITIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, MYB; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOTYPE; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RNA, PLANT; TOBACCO; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES; VITIS;

EID: 80052031473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2229-11-117     Document Type: Article

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