Low temperature regulation of the Arabidopsis CBF family of AP2 transcriptional activators as an early step in cold-induced COR gene expression

Plant Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 433-442

  Gilmour, Sarah J ^a   Zarka, Daniel G ^a   Stockinger, Eric J ^a   Salazar, Maite P ^a   Houghton, Jaimie M ^b   Thomashow, Michael F ^a,c  

^a Department of Crop ^*  (United States)

^b Neuroscience Program   (United States)

^c Program in Genetics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD RESISTANCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; PLANT GENETICS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLD; DNA, PLANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, PLANT; HOMEOSTASIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0032213180     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1998.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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