A conserved domain in the N-terminus is important for LEAFY dimerization and function in Arabidopsis thaliana

Plant Journal

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 736-749

  Siriwardana, Nirodhini S ^a   Lamb, Rebecca S ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; development; flower; gene expression; LEAFY; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; C-TERMINUS; CONSERVED REGIONS; DEVELOPMENT; DNA-BINDING DOMAIN; FLORAL DEVELOPMENT; FLORAL MERISTEMS; FLOWER; GENE ENCODES; HOMEOTIC GENES; HOMODIMERS; LEAFY; NULL ALLELES; ORTHOLOGS; PLANT-SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WILD TYPES;

BIOACTIVITY; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION; OLIGOMERS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

GENES;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; LFY PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84865451535     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2012.05026.x     Document Type: Article

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