ChlamydomonasNZF1, a tandem-repeated zinc finger factor involved in nitrate signalling by controlling the regulatory gene NIT2

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2139-2150

  Higuera, Jose Javier ^a   Fernandez, Emilio ^a   Galvan, Aurora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Nitrate assimilation

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CHLAMYDOMONAS;

NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PLANT GENOME; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHLAMYDOMONAS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, REGULATOR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENOME, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NITRATES; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYADENYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 84905029299     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pce.12305     Document Type: Article

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