The identification and characterization of a novel transcription factor LeCBP, a potential regulator of the tomato stylar Chi2;1 promoter

• Main Authors: Chan, Pick Kuen, Mohd Yusuf, Hirzun, Wong, Clemente Michael Vui Ling, Kulaveerasingam, Harikrishna
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18404/1/The%20identification%20and%20characterization%20of%20a%20novel%20transcription%20factor%20LeCBP.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/18404/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2004.06.032

A gene, LeCBP encoding a protein containing a PHD zinc finger motif and a bipartite nuclear localization signal, was identified from tomato pistils by its binding ability to a specific DNA motif using a yeast one-hybrid system. The LeCBP has the ability to bind specifically to a 20 bp region of the...