Structure, function and regulation of Transcription Factor IIIA: From Xenopus to Arabidopsis

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Volumn 1829, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 274-282

  Layat, Elodie ^a,b   Probst, Aline V ^a   Tourmente, Sylvette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

5S ribosomal RNA; TFIIIA; Zinc finger protein

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; ARABIDOPSIS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIIA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS; ZINC FINGERS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 84875275020     PISSN: 18749399     EISSN: 18764320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2012.10.013     Document Type: Review

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