The sequence variation responsible for the functional difference between the CONSTANS protein, and the CONSTANS-like (COL) 1 and COL2 proteins, resides mostly in the region encoded by their first exons

Plant Science

Volumn 199-200, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-78

  Kim, Soon Kap ^a   Park, Hyo Young ^a   Jang, Yun Hee ^a   Lee, Jeong Hwan ^a   Kim, Jeong Kook ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CO; COL1; COL2; Domain swapping; Evolution; Flowering time

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CONSTANS PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; EXON; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TIME; TRANSGENIC PLANT; UPREGULATION;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84870658475     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2012.09.019     Document Type: Article

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