WRINKLED1 transcription factor: How much do we know about its regulatory mechanism?

Plant Science

Volumn 272, Issue , 2018, Pages 153-156

  Kong, Que ^a   Ma, Wei ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis; Plant oil biosynthesis; Post translational modifications; Protein stability; Protein protein interaction; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; WRINKLED1 PROTEIN, ARABIDOPSIS;

ARABIDOPSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 85046083429     PISSN: 01689452     EISSN: 18732259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2018.04.013     Document Type: Review

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