The BBX family of plant transcription factors

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 460-470

  Gangappa, Sreeramaiah N ^a   Botto, Javier F ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; B box (BBX) protein; Development; Functional diversity; Growth; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; PHYTOHORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; FLOWER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLOWERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; LIGHT; PHOTOPERIOD; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SEEDLING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84903588001     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.01.010     Document Type: Review

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