Studies on DNA-binding selectivity of WRKY transcription factors lend structural clues into WRKY-domain function
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عنوان ژورنال: Plant Molecular Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0167-4412,1573-5028
DOI: 10.1007/s11103-008-9353-1