The VQ motif-containing protein family of plant-specific transcriptional regulators

Plant Physiology

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 371-378

  Jing, Yanjun ^a   Lin, Rongcheng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROTEIN MOTIF; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84940920229     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: 15322548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00788     Document Type: Article

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