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A synthetic DNA fragment of the promoter region of tomato proteinase inhibitor I forms a complex with systemin which was analyzed by hydrolysis with deoxynuclease I. Protected nucleotides were found, and on this basis a computer model of the systemin-DNA complex was produced.
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Specht, T. et al. (1998). The Tertiary Structure of Plant Peptide Hormone Systemin and the Mechanism of its Action. In: Guéguen, J., Popineau, Y. (eds) Plant Proteins from European Crops. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03720-1_7
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