Zea mays taxilin protein negatively regulates opaque-2 transcriptional activity by causing a change in its sub-cellular distribution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Nan ^a   Qiao, Zhenyi ^a   Liang, Zheng ^a   Mei, Bing ^a   Xu, Zhengkai ^a   Song, Rentao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; OPAQUE 2 PROTEIN; TAXILIN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENETIC CONSERVATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONION; PLANT CELL; PLANT SEED; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASIC-LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS; ZEA MAYS; ZEIN;

EID: 84865304496     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043822     Document Type: Article

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