Post date: 31-okt-2013 21:03:50
A manuscript about "Structural determinants of DNA recognition by plant MADS-domain transcription factors" by Jose Muino (previously a post-doc in our group) and several colleagues from Wageningen, including me, has just been accepted by the journal "Nucleic Acids Research". The manuscript presents an analysis of MADS domain protein DNA binding sites. Plant MADS-domain transcription factors act as key regulators of many developmental processes. We found that structural characteristics of the DNA play an important role in the DNA-binding of plant MADS-domain proteins.