Analysis of the DNA-binding activities of the arabidopsis R2R3-MYB transcription factor family by one-hybrid experiments in yeast

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Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Kelemen, Zsolt ^a   Sebastian, Alvaro ^b,c   Xu, Wenjia ^a   Grain, Damaris ^a   Salsac, Fabien ^a   Avon, Alexandra ^d   Berger, Nathalie ^a,e   Tran, Joseph ^a   Dubreucq, Bertrand ^a   Lurin, Claire ^d   Lepiniec, Loic ^a   Contreras Moreira, Bruno ^b,c   Dubos, Christian ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLANT SCIENCES PARIS SACLAY IPS2   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN MYB; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR R2R3 MYB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MYB PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS; PLANT DNA;

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BINDING SITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; TWO HYBRID SYSTEM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE LIBRARY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84949023944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141044     Document Type: Article

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