Crystal structure of the GRAS domain of SCARECROW-LIKE7 in oryza sativa

Plant Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1025-1034

  Li, Shengping ^a   Zhao, Yanhe ^a   Zhao, Zheng ^b   Wu, Xiuling ^a   Sun, Lifang ^a   Liu, Qingsong ^c   Wu, Yunkun ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; PLANT PROTEIN;

CHEMISTRY; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ORYZA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; DNA, PLANT; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; ORYZA; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY;

EID: 84973640815     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.16.00018     Document Type: Article

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