A conserved phosphorylation site regulates the transcriptional function of ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE3-like1 in tomato

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 427-439

  Li, Ji ^a   Li, Zhengguo ^a   Tang, Ling ^a   Yang, Yingwu ^a   Zouine, Mohamed ^b,c   Bouzayen, Mondher ^b,c  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^c Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

EIN3 EIL; EPR1; ethylene signalling; phosphorylation; transcriptional function

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOMATO;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84555170828     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/err289     Document Type: Article

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