Plant homeodomain-leucine zipper I transcription factors exhibit different functional AHA motifs that selectively interact with TBP or/and TFIIB

Plant Cell Reports

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 955-967

  Capella, Matías ^a   Ré, Delfina A ^a   Arce, Agustín L ^a   Chan, Raquel L ^a  

^a Universidad Nacional del Litoral   (Argentina)

Author keywords

AHA motif; Carboxy terminal domain; HD Zip I subfamily; Homeodomain leucine zipper; Transactivation motif

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; LEUCINE ZIPPER PROTEIN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIB;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; LEUCINE ZIPPERS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEEDLING; TATA-BOX BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84900872342     PISSN: 07217714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00299-014-1576-9     Document Type: Article

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