Transcriptional control of plant genes responsive to pathogens

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 311-315

  Rushton, Paul J ^a   Somssich, Imre E ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW;

GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; PLANTS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032130157     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1369-5266(88)80052-9     Document Type: Article

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6. Büttner M, Singh KB: Arabidopsis thaliana ethylene-responsive element binding protein (AtEBP), an ethylene-inducible, GCC box DNA-binding protein interacts with an ocs element binding protein. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997, 94:5961-5966. Data is presented showing that interaction between EREBP and bZIP transcription factors can occur and that such cross-coupling may be important in regulating gene expression during the plant defence response.
7. Zhou J, Tang X, Martin GB: The Pto kinase conferring resistance to tomato bacterial speck disease interacts with proteins that bind a cis-element of pathogenesis-related genes. EMBO J 1997, 16:3207-3218. The identification of three tomato EREBP-type proteins (Pti4/5/6) which interact with the Pto kinase is described, using the yeast two-hybrid system. Pti4/5/6 specifically recognized and bound GCC boxes that are present within the promoters of several PR genes. This work establishes, for the first time, a direct link between a plant resistance gene and activation of downstream defence genes.
8. Stockinger EJ, Gilmour SJ, Thomashow MF: Arabidopsis thaliana CBF1 encodes an AP2 domain-containing transcriptional activator that binds to the C-repeat/DRE, a cis-acting DNA regulatory element that stimulates transcription in response to low temperature and water deficit Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1997, 94:1035-1040. The isolation an Arabidopsis factor, CBF1, is described which binds specifically to DNA elements present in the promoters of many cold-regulated plant genes. The CBF1 protein contains an AP2 DNA-binding domain also present in EREBPs, suggesting that EREBP-like proteins may be involved in regulating diverse genes responsive to different stresses.