Arabidopsis AtMYC2 (bHLH) and AtMYB2 (MYB) function as transcriptional activators in abscisic acid signaling

Plant Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-78

  Abe, Hiroshi ^a,b   Urao, Takeshi ^a   Ito, Takuya ^c   Seki, Motoaki ^c,d   Shinozaki, Kazuo ^c,d   Yamaguchi Shinozaki, Kazuko ^a  

^a Japan International Research Centre for Agricultural Science   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c RIKEN TSUKUBA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Genomic Sciences Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DNA; DROUGHT; GENES; MUTAGENESIS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PROTEINS;

ARABIDOPSIS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0037256419     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.006130     Document Type: Article

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