Genome-wide analysis of AP2/ERF transcription factor family in Zea mays

Current Bioinformatics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 324-332

  Zhou, Mei Liang ^a,b   Tang, Yi Xiong ^a   Wu, Yan Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AP2 ERF; Expression profile; Maize; Phylogenetic tree; Sequence alignment; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PLANTS (BOTANY); TRANSCRIPTION;

AP2/ERF; AP2/ERF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; EXPRESSION PROFILE; GENOME WIDE ANALYSIS; MAIZE; MODEL ORGANISMS; PHYLOGENETIC TREES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENTS; STRESS TOLERANCE; ZEA MAYS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ERF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AP2 GENE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CHROMOSOME; ERF GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; MAIZE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84866693001     PISSN: 15748936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157489312802460776     Document Type: Article

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