Title: Shaping transcriptional responses to a phytohormone
Abstract:The BIL1/BZR1 transcription factor is known to regulate transcriptional responses to the brassinosteroid class of phytohormones by directly recognizing short cis regulatory elements in promoters. A ne...The BIL1/BZR1 transcription factor is known to regulate transcriptional responses to the brassinosteroid class of phytohormones by directly recognizing short cis regulatory elements in promoters. A new study by Shohei Nosaki, Nobutaka Mitsuda, and colleagues published in Nature Plants indicates that binding of this transcription factor is additionally affected by nucleobases that influence DNA shape but are not directly contacted by BIL1/BZR1.Read More