A review of target gene specificity of flavonoid R2R3-MYB transcription factors and a discussion of factors contributing to the target gene selectivity

Frontiers in Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 577-598

  Lai, Yunsong ^a   Li, Huanxiu ^a   Yamagishi, Masumi ^b  

^a SICHUAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cis element; DNA binding domain; flavonoid; MYB; target gene specificity; transcription factor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890019565     PISSN: 16747984     EISSN: 16747992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-013-1281-z     Document Type: Review

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