bZIP transcription factors in the oomycete Phytophthora infestans with novel DNA-binding domains are involved in defense against oxidative stress

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1403-1412

  Gamboa Meléndez, Heber ^a   Huerta, Apolonio I ^a   Judelson, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CYSTEINE; DNA, FUNGAL; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84884550812     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00141-13     Document Type: Article

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