Z-Box binding transcription factors (ZBFs): A new class of transcription factors in arabidopsis seedling development

Molecular Plant

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1758-1768

  Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N ^a   Srivastava, Anjil Kumar ^a   Maurya, Jay P ^a   Ram, Hathi ^a   Chattopadhyay, Sudip ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CAM7 ZBF3; G box; GBF1 ZBF2; MYC2 ZBF1; Photomorphogenesis; Transcription factor; Z box

Indexed keywords

ANTHOCYANIN; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; CHLOROPHYLL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CAM7/ ZBF3.; ETIOLATION; FLOWER; G-BOX; GBF1/ZBF2; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MYC2/ZBF1; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; Z-BOX;

CAM7/ ZBF3.; G-BOX; GBF1/ZBF2; MYC2/ZBF1; PHOTOMORPHOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; Z-BOX;

ANTHOCYANINS; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; CHLOROPHYLL; ETIOLATION; FLOWERS; LIGHT; PLANT ROOTS; PROTEIN STABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84891938822     PISSN: 16742052     EISSN: 17529867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mp/sst140     Document Type: Review

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