Transcription Factors of Arabidopsis and Rice: A Genomic Perspective

Regulation of Transcription in Plants

Volumn 29, Issue , 2007, Pages 28-53

  Riechmann, José Luis ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosperm; Arabidopsis; DNA binding; Plant genome sequences; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948391480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470988886.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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